Fort Lauderdale resident Daniel Valere suffered a stroke last year, and it was Seeley who ultimately provided life-saving help. Just days before his 70th birthday, Valere collapsed in the bathroom. Over the next 48 hours, he crawled "inch by inch" from the bathroom to the living room, trying to find help.
Valere was confused, weak, and eventually severely dehydrated. He was unable to connect or make calls, so he could only try to shout to Siri and ask Siri to call his daughter Victoria. Siri made the call, and his daughter then relayed the emergency to 911, and emergency personnel were on scene within 10 minutes.
"I said, 'Siri, call Victoria Vallaire,' and the phone made the call," Vallaire told a local news station. "If it were a landline, there'd be no way I could get through to it." He went on to say that without Siri, he "wouldn't be here."
After emergency personnel rescued him, the hospital discovered that two of his aortic valves were infected, leading to a stroke. Earlier this month, Valere was reunited with the medical team who saved his life. He said he was grateful to have escaped death and advised others to "pay attention" to their heart health.
Siri and other Apple safety features like collision detection, fall detection, and SOS have saved many lives. Siri works on most major Apple devices, including iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro, HomePod and Apple TV.