Man was rescued after shouting, ‘Siri, call 911,’ after his car dived into an icy river

Gael Salcedo, 18, was on his way to North Iowa Area Community College when his Jeep hit a patch of ice on the road, according to sources.

Salcedo lost control of his car, he turned to the right and from there, everything went blurry, he said. His car, though,dived into the Winnebago River.

“I
didn’t know where I was going and then I just didn’t know what to do. I was
just thinking in my head ‘I think I’m going to die,'” he told sources.

Salcedo
rolled the windows down, worried that his car would sink. The ice and water
surrounding him were below freezing temperatures

He
couldn’t find his phone, so he did the next big thing: He used Siri.

Officials
with the Mason City Fire Department arrived at the scene quickly, but the river
current immobilized the driver’s side door shut.

There
were no other options, Salcedo had to walk out, Lt. Craig Warner with the Mason
City Fire Department told officials.

With
Warner’s help, Salcedo made it out of the river and into the ambulance. He was
treated for shock and released from the hospital just a few hours later.