A man says he and his hiking companion were rescued after they fell off a cliff in New Jersey because the impact spurred his smart watch to call 911. Add Technology as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Technology news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Add InterestJames Prudenciano and Paige Paruso were hiking in Hartshorne Woods Park in Atlantic Highlands last week when they got lost in the woods. Prudenciano had bought the watch two days earlier and chose to activate the "fall detection" feature, which alerts the owner's emergency contacts and calls 911 when it detects that its user has fallen. ———This story has been corrected to show the park is in Atlantic Highlands, not Middletown.

Source: ABC News October 24, 2019 17:11 UTC