The Apple Watch Series 4 and Series 5 have a fall detection feature that automatically is enabled for those 65 or older. So we have to give 28-year old James Prudenciano some props for taking his Series 4 timepiece and turning on fall detection. If the watch detects that the user has taken a hard fall, it will tap him or her on the wrist, sound an alarm and give the user the option of calling emergency services or dismissing the alarm. If the user cannot move and doesn't respond for more than a minute, the watch automatically calls emergency services with the location of the injured person. Additionally, the watch owner's emergency contacts are also notified and are given the location of the incident.

According to News 12 New Jersey, last week Prudenciano and his date, Paige Paruso, were out on a hike and got lost. They ended up on a steep cliff, and when it got dark they cooked up a plan to slide down the cliff onto what they hoped would be solid ground. But all that was underneath them was rocks and water. Both were hanging on to the cliff for life and when Paruso landed in the water below, she was alive but suffered a minor injury. With Prudenciano still gripping the cliff, his Apple Watch detected his date's hard fall and called 9-1-1. He told the dispatcher that he was going to die and later said, "I really felt I was going to die. There was no way out of this for me. I said my last goodbyes."

Prudenciano slipped into the water but landed on some rocks causing three fractures. Thanks to his Apple Watch and the call it made to 9-1-1, both he and Paruso were rescued, put on a boat that happened to be in the area, and ended up receiving treatment at Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center. At the same time that the Apple Watch was calling 9-1-1, Prudenciano's mother says she received three text messages from the time letting her know there was an emergency.

Besides the fall detection feature, the Series 4 and Series 5 Apple Watch have a heart rate monitor and an electrocardiogram (ECG). The former alerts users when their heart rate is too high and the latter detects abnormal heart rhythms. Together with the fall detection, the Apple Watch has saved a number of lives over the years.

The incident, by the way, occurred on Prudenciano and Paruso's first date. We wonder if there will be a second date.