(2,834 m) from a Beechcraft Bonanza airplane on a flight from Houston.
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Sure that his iPhone had expired, Wilson nonetheless decided to try out the Find My iPhone function – only to discover that it still showed up around 80 kilometers from where Wilson lived.
Wilson, who owns Gas Corporation of America in Wichita Falls, along with an employee, used an app to narrow the search to near Jacksboro.
With a satellite image and good map in hand, the two set out early Tuesday to find the missing cell. “Later I checked the iCloud and could see it was outside of Joplin (Texas)”. Guided down a ranch road, Bill soon was going over a fence to find it. He’s happy to have his phone and his irreplaceable photos back in hand, but he’s most happy to have met that unusual, friendly donkey. As a reward for recovering the lost phone, they fed the donkey gingersnaps. “Wilson had encased the iPhone in a protective case with an external battery pack, which was the only piece that snapped off in the fall and couldn’t be found”. “It hit the corners a bit and but it’s just fine”, said Kidwell.
Ben Wilson, a 74-year-old Texas businessman recounted his extraordinary experience, where his iPhone fell from a height of 9,300 feet, yet survived, NBCNews reports.
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But a Texan man has told of how his iPhone fell from the small aircraft he was flying in over Joplin, Texas and survived unscathed.
