An Oregon fisherman used his wireless Apple earphones to place a call for help after he got trapped under a boulder about the size of a Volkswagen Beetle.
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Joseph Little, 28, went on a solo fishing trip to Hammond Marina in Warrenton, about 90 miles northwest of Portland, early in the morning on September 26.
When he accidentally got trapped under heavy rocks and could not free himself, Joseph acted on it immediately and used his headphones to alert authorities.
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‘It’s a miracle my son’s alive,’ Joseph’s mother, Mindy Little, told KOIN 6 News.
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The mother said that her son was trapped so badly that he could not even reach his phone to call for help.
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She said that it was Apple’s intelligent virtual assistant, Siri, that helped him in this time of need.
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Joseph was spotted by the Warrenton police through a drone and was instantly rescued.
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The badly injured fisherman was taken to the hospital and underwent facial reconstruction surgery, the mother said.
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Joseph Little, 28, was on a solo fishing trip in Hammond Marina when he got trapped under heavy rocks.
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He used Apple's virtual assistant - Siri - to call for help
The incident took place after 7.00am and Joseph was rescued by 8.50am.
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Sgt Dylan McCoy of the Warrenton Police Department said he called out his name but when Jospeh did not respond, he ramped up the search
Joseph was standing on top of uneven rocks when the boulders moved and forced him to fall. He got stuck below the torso with his hands free to move
Joseph chose to stand atop an uneven band of rocks near the Columbia River as his fishing spot.
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The rocks became unstable at some moment, forcing him to fall.
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‘He had those earbuds that go around his neck, and he was able to use Siri to call for help,’ Mindy said.
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She was referring to Apple’s Beats Flex All-Day Wireless Earphones that support the virtual assistant.
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The heavy boulder that weighed around a ‘literal ton’ pinned his torso and legs to the jetty, making it impossible for him to move, Sgt Dylan McCoy of the Warrenton Police Department told The Seattle Times.
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When an emergency dispatcher alerted McCoy around 7.00am, he arrived at the fishing area to look for Joseph.
He called out his name but when he did not hear a response, McCoy decided to ramp up the search.
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He flew a drone and spotted the man within three minutes, some 400 feet away from the shoreline.
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McCoy told the outlet that his face was covered in blood and the drone video showed him stuck under a slate-coloured boulder, his hands free to move.
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McCoy said that since they could not lift the heavy boulder because of its weight, firefighters decided to shift the rocks under Joseph to allow him to wiggle his way out of the entrapment.
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The US Coast Guard airlifted the injured Joseph at around 8.50am and took the man to Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria.
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The police used drones to find Joseph who was badly injured and had a bloodied face.
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He was airlifted from the location and taken to the hospital
The man underwent facial reconstruction surgery.
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His mother, Mindy, said that it is a 'miracle' that he is alive
His mother said that Joseph had the wireless headphones that 'go around his neck' and used Siri to alert the police
‘He was under a very, very, very large boulder, and so it's just a miracle that he survived and that he’s alive,' Warrenton Police Chief Mathew Workman told KOIN 6 News.
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‘We would have had to search by hand or by foot and then that puts the first responders at risk.’
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He added that Joseph was trapped below the high-tide waterline, which was a huge threat.
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‘If the tide had come in, he would have drowned.’
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The Daily Mail has contacted the Warrenton Police Department for comment.
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Mindy was in Seattle when she got the news, the outlet reported.
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She and Joseph’s father had no idea how badly their son was hurt until they saw the photos.
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‘I squealed.
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I mean, it was like the light got sucked out of me,’ she said.
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‘It looked like his face had been torn off of him, his face was smashed in.
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It’s nothing a mother should see.’
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The fisherman suffered numerous fractured bones in his face, Mindy said in a social media post on Monday.
‘With support, Joseph was able to get up and take a shower and finally wash the blood off of himself.
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After everything his body has been through, being able to get up and do something as simple as shower feels like a huge step forward,’ she said.
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The family has set up an online fundraiser to support Joseph and his wife, Sabrina.
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'Today, he had the opportunity to get out of his room for the first time and feel the sun on him.
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We are still waiting to hear from the plastics team regarding the plan for Joseph’s additional reconstructive surgeries and what the next steps will look like,' Mindy said in a post yesterday.
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