Although mobile phones, smart watches and even AirPods headphones, as long as you know how to use them, they may become emergency survival tools for you and me in critical situations, and there are many related cases and reports. But the experience of Kelli Worst from the United States escaping thugs and endangering personal safety is still very worth sharing with more people – if you encounter a similar situation, in addition to keeping calm like her, she still thinks of it in a state of extreme panic The SOS emergency alarm function can be activated immediately with the shutdown key combination. It is better to know that when encountering a similar situation of passers-by asking for help in the future, it is still necessary to protect yourself first, and at least never let yourself be alone. Continue reading the report of the woman who was lured by the thugs and escaped in a thrilling manner with the SOS emergency call on the iPhone.
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The woman was tricked by the thugs and escaped by calling the police quickly with the iPhone’s SOS for emergency help
Foreign media WAVY reported a terrible case shared by American woman Kelli Worst at the end of 2019 that may lead to unintended consequences. However, she gradually changed from being a victim of inexplicable self-blame to thinking that she was a survivor, and now she is more willing to share with the media her experience of using the quick alarm function of her smartphone to help her escape the disaster.
She had just separated from her friends in Virginia Beach and was about to take a bike ride when she met a man who politely asked if he could help him find his phone. Worst mentioned that one of the reasons why he would let his guard down and help out was because the other party mentioned that he was a soldier (it just so happened that her family also joined the army – editor’s note: the impression is that Americans are also quite friendly to the military). Later, the two of them also looked for the grass by the street together normally, and even the other party called her number to see if anyone answered.
The above, in fact, everything feels normal. Worst felt wrong until the information reported by a strange man who claimed to have an iPhone could not be found through Find My iPhone. Such a bad premonition is that when she gave the phone to the man and asked him to enter the information, she found that the man did not know how to operate the iPhone, and then realized that she had been led to the deserted beach – it was really dangerous…
Fortunately, Worst alertly told the increasingly malicious gangster that he wanted to call the number again to help find it and retrieve the phone, while trying to leave the place. But the worry happened after all, and the other party started to behave obscenely and tried to hold her narrowly. At this point, Worst decided to activate the iPhone’s SOS emergency alarm function for assistance. In the end, she also called for help from her alert police, and with the immediate help of the passing police, the culprit was arrested to avoid further tragedies. It is recommended to watch WAVY’s report video, and there are actually some clips at the moment of the incident. It can also let everyone know how urgent the current situation is.
Here also simply teach you how to activate the interface of SOS emergency service. For iOS (official website description), for iPhone 8 and later models, you need to press the side power on/Siri button + volume button at the same time to activate the shutdown screen with an alarm slider at the bottom – if you keep pressing this combination button, the system will send out Automatic alarm after sound and countdown; before iPhone 7, you need to short press the side or top button 5 times to call up the SOS emergency service interface, and slide the slider to make an emergency call.
If the Android system has the “emergency help function” activated, it will start the alarm as long as the power button is pressed “more than 5 times” – Android instructions can be found here.
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