A 23-Year-Old Woman Was Stuck Upside Down For Seven Hours In A Rock Crevice After She Tried To Retrieve Her Dropped iPhone
We have heard numerous stories about how the iPhone's features saved people's lives. However, we have never heard a story where the iPhone put someone's life in danger until now. An Australian woman named Matilda Campbell was trapped upside down in a rock crevice after her iPhone fell into a tight rock crevice.
A 23-year-old woman was stuck in the crevice between two boulders after she tried to retrieve her dropped iPhone
The 23-year-old Matilda Campbell was taking photos on her iPhone in the New South Wales Hunter Valley when the device fell into one of the cracks and got stuck. She tried to take the situation into her own hands but slipped and got stuck in the tight crevice. She fell three meters into the opening and got stuck in the tight space between the two boulders. Being stuck is one thing, but being upside down is quite alarming. ABC Newcastle shared the news, but it does not clearly mention that she had an iPhone. However, her social media profile confirms that she was indeed an iPhone user.
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Campbell was stuck in the same position for several hours in total, as the rescue team arrived an hour after the incident. It took them a few more hours for the rescue operation to be completed. During the entire operation, NSW Ambulance rescue paramedic Peter Watts told the news outlet that Campbell was calm and composed despite the gruesome situation. Panicking in such a situation could make the rescue difficult for the teams, and any sudden movements or any wrong move could slide the person further down into the crevice.
Peter Watts also stated that it was an "out-of-the-box rescue" and unlike anything he had experienced before. NSW Ambulance has shared images of the entire rescue operation on Facebook. The rescue operation was quite difficult as the team had to remove seven heavy boulders weighing between 80 and 500
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