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One North Carolina teen is urging other teens to put their faith in God and Apple, and not necessarily in this order, after a crash that saw her stuck in the wreck, at the bottom of a ravine.
The accident happened earlier this month, but Macy Smith has been recovering in a hospital until now. Now resting at home, she is talking to the media to urge teens to “trust” location-sharing phone apps, like Find My Friends from Apple. It saved her life.
Well, that and God. Macy was on her way to a friend’s house when her car hydroplaned and flipped, going down a ravine, ABC affiliate KJCT8 reports. When the car stopped at the bottom of the ravine, Macy had her arm pinned under the wreck, so she couldn’t move. Screaming for help was of no use, so she just laid there, waiting for her family to use the Find My Friends app she knew she had activated on her phone.
She also reached for her Bible, telling the media outlet that she felt at peace once she touched it. She couldn’t get to her phone, so she waited.
Macy says she counted 28 cars passing above her, on the road, before one of them stopped. She knew she was about to be rescued.
“The first hour, I was frantic. I was looking for ways to get out. I was thinking of just different things I could do,” Smith says. “I hadn’t cried the whole time that I was under my car at all, but when my stepdad got down to the car and held my hand through the sunroof, I couldn’t hold it in anymore.”
Macy suffered a broken neck and considerable nerve damage to her left hand, the one that got pinned under the vehicle. While she’s looking at a long road to recovery, she says she wants to spread the message that more teens should use location-sharing apps like this one.
Hiding from your parents is all fun and games until you really need them to find you.
Well, that and God. Macy was on her way to a friend’s house when her car hydroplaned and flipped, going down a ravine, ABC affiliate KJCT8 reports. When the car stopped at the bottom of the ravine, Macy had her arm pinned under the wreck, so she couldn’t move. Screaming for help was of no use, so she just laid there, waiting for her family to use the Find My Friends app she knew she had activated on her phone.
She also reached for her Bible, telling the media outlet that she felt at peace once she touched it. She couldn’t get to her phone, so she waited.
Macy says she counted 28 cars passing above her, on the road, before one of them stopped. She knew she was about to be rescued.
“The first hour, I was frantic. I was looking for ways to get out. I was thinking of just different things I could do,” Smith says. “I hadn’t cried the whole time that I was under my car at all, but when my stepdad got down to the car and held my hand through the sunroof, I couldn’t hold it in anymore.”
Macy suffered a broken neck and considerable nerve damage to her left hand, the one that got pinned under the vehicle. While she’s looking at a long road to recovery, she says she wants to spread the message that more teens should use location-sharing apps like this one.
Hiding from your parents is all fun and games until you really need them to find you.
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