Colorado filmmaker Dan Woolley was in Haiti filming a documentary when the country was rocked by a 7.0 earthquake last Tuesday. When the building he was in collapsed on top of him, he feared he would die. That is, until he remembered he had his iPhone with him.

He first used the flashlight feature to find his way into an elevator shaft. Then he used a medical app to diagnose his broken foot, learn how to fold a makeshift bandage and tourniquet, and how to stop the bleeding from his head. Here’s where it gets crazy: because Wooley read that falling asleep while being in shock can be fatal, he set his iPhone alarm to go off every 20 minutes. Each of these different iPhone apps were essential to helping this man survive the 65 hours until help came. I would have just played “Words With Friends” until somebody came looking for me.

Apple for the win!

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