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Siri Provides Stroke Victim With Life Saving Help

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Fort Lauderdale resident Daniel Vallaire suffered a devastating stroke last year, and it ended up being Siri that provided life saving help.

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Just days before his 70th birthday, Vallaire collapsed in his bathroom. He spent the next 48 hours crawling "inch by inch by inch" from the bathroom to the living room in an attempt to get help. He was confused, had no strength, and ended up severely dehydrated.

Vallaire wasn't able to get to the phone or place a call, so he yelled to Siri to call his daughter, Victoria. Siri placed the call and his daughter was able to then relay the emergency to 911, and emergency responders arrived within 10 minutes.

"I said, 'Siri, call Victoria Vallaire,' and she did," Vallaire told a local news station. "If I had a landline, there's no way I would be able to get to it." He went on to say that if he didn't have Siri, he "wouldn't be here."

After emergency crews rescued him, the hospital found that he had a stroke caused by an infection in two of his aortic valves. Vallaire was able to reunite with the medical team that saved his life earlier this month. He said that he was grateful that he skirted death, and suggested that others "be conscious" of heart health.

Siri and other Apple safety features like Crash Detection, Fall Detection, and Emergency SOS have been responsible for saving many lives. Siri is available across all Apple devices, including the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro, HomePod, and Apple TV.

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Morgenland said:
In other countries, we are often surprised by such sarcastic and harsh comments to be seen above. Is this the new America, or are these just young people who feel liberated when writing rather unfunny remarks?
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While I contribute my fair share of snark around here, it is too bad that a "good news" story draws mostly Siri haters. :rolleyes:

I am very happy he made it and Siri got the job done. After that long I am surprised he had a strong enough voice for the phone to hear him.
 
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That's a great story! Happy to hear it all worked out.

As an aside... I have no issues with Siri. It just works. Everyday.


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Siri and other Apple safety features like Crash Detection, Fall Detection, and Emergency SOS have been responsible for saving many lives. Siri is available across all Apple devices, including the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro, HomePod, and Apple TV.
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All outstanding features that have saved lives. I'm glad they're available should I ever need them.
 
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We should be thanking Scott Forstall for the fact that this gentleman, Daniel Vallaire, had his precious life saved by Siri. Forstall was responsible for leading iOS development at the time he demonstrated and released Siri in 2011. Apple's acquisition and integration of Siri happened under Forstall's visionary leadership.

Tim Cook, being the clueless bean counting MBA degree holder that he is, fired Forstall two years later, in 2013.

Had Forstall never been fired, Siri would likely be far more advanced than it is today. Forstall was a visionary who valued innovation more than shareholders. Cook realized (correctly) that he can maximize profits for shareholders by cutting spending on innovation, and that's why plenty of Apple's software, like Siri, have been relatively stagnant since Forstall was fired.
 
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ThomasJL said:
We should be thanking Scott Forstall for the fact that this gentleman, Daniel Vallaire, had his precious life saved by Siri. Forstall was responsible for leading iOS development at the time he demonstrated and released Siri in 2011. Apple's acquisition and integration of Siri happened under Forstall's visionary leadership.

Tim Cook, being the clueless bean counting MBA degree holder that he is, fired Forstall two years later, in 2013.

Had Forstall never been fired, Siri would likely be far more advanced than it is today. Foratall was a visionary who valued innovation more than shareholders. Cook realized—correctly—that he can maximize profits for shareholders by cutting spending on innovation, and that's why plenty of Apple's software, like Siri, have been relatively stagnant since Forstall was fired.
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So blame the good things on forstall as well as the bad. I guess Siri according to some is in the shape it’s in due to forstalls’ ineptitude.
 
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I'm surprised this isn't an article about how Emergency SOS saved yet another life. "The victim had no home internet access, and the only cell tower that provided service to his home was an old Cingular tower that had worked intermittently over the past few months. Nobody tried to check on him and he was unable to summon neighbors or passers by. Fortunately, Emergency SOS enabled him to text for help."
 
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Morgenland said:
In other countries, we are often surprised by such sarcastic and harsh comments to be seen above. Is this the new America, or are these just young people who feel liberated when writing rather unfunny remarks?
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Sad, but true. Concepts such as personal responsibility, integrity, and others are almost non existent anymore. Just look at this thread. Full of Siri hatred. Every post was predictable after reading the title of the article. Can anyone tell me what the point is of most of these posts? By now, the entire world knows about Siri hate from here.

The word "schadenfreude" perfectly states the new "normal".
 
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Siri saved the day and shot out to Channel 7 news. They are really good and focus on local news. If you're from the Miami area, you know they are good. Love the Help me Howard segment they have. Class act.
 
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jz0309 said:
glad he's ok, but he should seriously consider an Apple Watch ... fall detection ...
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I tried to trigger fall detection one time by dropping dead to the ground, nothing happened. This was a couple of years ago. Recently I did something and it had a false trigger. I fall detection functions as intended when someone truly needs it.
 
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Polinsky said:
Sad, but true. Concepts such as personal responsibility, integrity, and others are almost non existent anymore. Just look at this thread. Full of Siri hatred. Every post was predictable after reading the title of the article. Can anyone tell me what the point is of most of these posts? By now, the entire world knows about Siri hate from here.

The word "schadenfreude" perfectly states the new "normal".
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No, they know about it from Larry David. This commentary is rather tame in comparison:
 
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I wear mine about 23 hours a day. Mostly for fall detection. I've fallen a few times (I was OK) and stopped it from calling 911. Excellent feature. Glad to hear the guy was OK. Siri is a wonder sometimes.
 
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