Various apps of Apple Watch and more recently AirTag are valuable among users for their ability to protect them in dangerous situations. But frankly, they are not the only ones, and a user’s testimony reminded us that. Another function that should not be missing from our list of options in case of emergency..

As they’ve shared since 9t05mac, one woman managed to save herself from an attack thanks to the SOS app on her iPhone. After a day at the beach, the woman** identified as Kelli Worst decides to collaborate with a man who asks her for help in finding her iPhone**. It was 2:00 p.m. and she was about to go home on her Lyft when she decided to ask the driver who was waiting for her, and she heeded this request.

Emergency function at hand

Surprisingly, the man had other intentions. Worst of all, they called their iPhone multiple times to see if they heard a ringtone. by not answering Tried to use Find because it found the number invalid. Thinking I might have misspelled the number, She gave her iPhone to the man who started making sexual acts against her..

“I turned around and walked away and probably about five feet away from him and that’s when he came up to me, covered my mouth and nose and knocked me down and laid me face down in the sand.”

Fortunately, Worst of all it saved iPhone and went to S0S option of iPhone, who calls the authorities. After calling 911, operators heard about the situation and they sent the police to help him.

“I have my phone in hand and knowing how to activate the SOS function saved my life”

How to enable iPhone’s SOS function

There are several ways to enable the iPhone SOS function. One of them allows contact emergency services by pressing the side button five times quickly. Doing so starts a countdown and sounds an alert if “Countdown Sound” is turned on in the Emergency SOS settings.

You can also contact a special number. This feature is accessed by pressing and holding the side button and any of the volume buttons. there too There is an option to scroll “Emergency SOS” to auto search by name.indicate that this function can be configured by going to Settings, Emergency SOS and enabling “Call waiting”.