The NorthJersey website reported that: Last Sunday, a 20-year-old female victim unfortunately encountered an assailant who entered the room with a gun. The incident occurred in West Milford, New Jersey. The gangster threatened her with a gun and handcuffed her, and then began rummaging through her home. Fortunately, Apple Watch, which was able to send out SOS emergency text messages with one hand, helped it smoothly resolve the crisis.
According to court documents, the criminal was 31-year-old Andrew Canning, who sneaked into the victim’s home with a gun. Although it was later discovered to be a toy air gun, he threatened the victim to take off his clothes at the time to make sure that he did not carry a counterattack weapon.
Afterward, the gang held the victim’s hands behind her back and let her lie on the floor naked. About an hour later, the victim complained that the ground was too cold, and was transferred to the bed again. Fortunately, the person who was in danger was able to use one hand to send a message requesting the police to his mother who lives on the second floor.
Although it is not clear what kind of message the party sent and whether the message was generated by the SOS emergency call function of the Apple Watch, as a standard security feature introduced in the iPhone and Apple Watch Serie 5 period, it can indeed automatically call, And share the user’s location information with emergency services.
At the same time, the system will also send text messages to emergency contacts and dynamically update the location of the device. It is said that after receiving this news, the 45-year-old mother was unable to determine the truth of the matter, so she ventured downstairs to check her daughter’s situation, but was intercepted by the gangster. At that time, both of them thought that the gangster was carrying a deadly weapon, so they did not dare to act rashly.
The assailant then snatched $11 from his mother and ran away, but the police watched him leave the victim’s residence and found the car key of the victim’s neighbor during the arrest. In the end, Andrew Canning was charged with armed robbery, burglary, kidnapping, serious assault, illegal possession of guns, handcuffs and theft tools, and illegal imprisonment.
Previously, Apple Watch often made the news because of its heart health monitoring tool saving lives. But this time, it is a rare case to thwart a vicious crime through Apple’s built-in SOS emergency call function.
