BlackBerry credited with saving skier's life, serendipity left hanging
By Darren Murph 
posted June 30th 2009 8:43AM
posted June 30th 2009 8:43AM
Not that we haven't heard a few miraculous gadgets-saving-lives stories before, but this one is in a league of its own. According to the always-embellishing Sun, one David Fitzherbert is thanking his smartphone after coming entirely too close to falling 700 feet to his death. As the story goes, he got wedged between a pair of rocks after losing control of his skis in the Matterhorn, and while we aren't quite sure why he chose RIM's BlackBerry over -- say, chap-stick, car keys, his wallet or a fattening breakfast -- he credited it with adding just enough width to his person to keep him wedged. Two hours after finding himself between a rock and a hard place, rescue crews arrived and flew him to a hospital where he used the "0.5-inch wide" phone to tell his wife that he had survived a nasty spill. We still say David owes a round of thanks to genetics, luck and Zeus, but hey, what do we know?
The iPhone is too thin to save lives
hahaha
Damn! You got there before I did.
I'll just up-rank you for your epic-ness
Has anyone checked to see if he wasn't a fat twat in the first place?
Fake. I don't know why people insist on eating this phony shit up.
@Stephen
STFU. I happened to read this article in today's edition of Business Line.
Phony...get it?
hahahahaha
While the story is true, whether or not the phone was the difference between life and death is only a guess on his part.
His Blackberry is also the reason he was skiing alone, since "Crackberry" fans have social problems that generally prevent them from, you know, losing their virginity.
And Apple fanboys display extreme narcissistic behavior, clearly evident in large quantities on Engadget news articles.
MEOW!!! HISS!!! RARRRRR!!!!
They're just phones, kids; this isn't SRS BIZNIZ like the epic Sega vs. Nintendo battle of the 20th century. We lost a lot of good people then; we can't go back to that. We just can't.
Did you lose your virginity to a sheep in Wales? I hear they are good for screwing, o wait wrong kind of sheep.
@perspective:
Quick Robin, to the Engadget Archives! We need to get the video clips of the iPhone 3GS grand opening so we can see what the "A-list" social elite look and act like!
ps: I hope this comment shows up in the right place.
pps: I hope this comment shows up at all.
ppps: Engadget, your comment system sucks.
The iPhone 3GS would have just overheated while he used the compass, but might have helped melt some snow before the GPS killed the battery in short order. (sadly I wish I was just trolling)
Ah, but that heat and melting could have widened the gap he was wedged in and caused him to fall. Imagine: "iPhone 3Gs battery overheat kills man." Now THAT would be some flame bait.
'Whatever hardware I buy is flawless, and all else is junk.' The credo of the (insert manufacturer of choice here) fanboy.
this easily ranks in the top 5 stupidest things i've read on engadget
pointless...
Can you hear me now?
thats verizon's saying and if the man had a blackberry Verizon would have taken out the save my life feature
Serendipity?? Try Synergy!
"According to the always-embellishing Sun"
Pot meet kettle.
LOL...nicely said.
Maybe it was a 7250 with an extended battery. The story would make perfect sense, considering I wedged myself in a few doorways back when I had mine.
um... Zeus? Really...
Wonder if he had to pull out the battery and reset the phone first to be able to call or have GPS work?
If only it was an iPhone huh?
Man...I love Disneyland!
I hope people get it. I voted + for that one...
Damn, beat me to it! That's the first thing I thought when reading this article. lol
WOW its AMAZING!!! I swear so far it has been true and proven. EVERY Blackberry thread 50% of the comments are IPhone fans just bashing the phone, A PHONE! But when you go to a IPhone thread no Blackberry fans bashing the phone. It's amazing how emotional Apple fans get. As if they are always trying so hard to justify their stupid phone, a stupid little gadget that most lose or end up buying a new one every year. So far every July a new IPhone came out. Good thing I have a Nokia. NOKIA FTW