Overview
- Mohammad Islam collapsed outside his Cincinnati home after feeling short of breath and dizzy, and he credits his Apple Watch with calling 911 when he did not respond to the device’s alert.
- The watch detected a hard fall, tapped his wrist and sounded an alarm, started a 30-second countdown after about a minute of immobility, and then automatically contacted emergency services and shared his location.
- Paramedics arrived roughly five to ten minutes after the call and transported Islam to the University of Cincinnati, where doctors found pulmonary blood clots that required urgent treatment.
- Islam says the watch was a gift from his daughters, and multiple national outlets have relayed his account, which local WKRC reporting and hospital diagnosis corroborate.
- The incident reinforces real-world examples Apple has cited of fall detection working as designed and highlights that the feature is available on Series 4 and later (including SE and Ultra) and can be turned on manually for younger users.