iPhone's Siri made call that teenager says saved his life on Tennessee road

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/17/iphone-siri-saved-teen-life-tennessee

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Sam Ray says the voice recognition service on his iPhone called emergency dispatchers after his truck fell on him while he tried to make repairs.

The 18-year-old tells media outlets that a jack collapsed, pinning him under nearly 5,000lbs of metal in a location where he couldn’t be easily seen or heard. He says he was trying to get free when he heard Siri activate.

He recalls: “I said ‘call 911,’ and that was all it said.”

Rutherford County dispatcher Christina Lee says she first thought it was a mistaken pocket-dial, but then she heard his screams for help and sent crews, who rescued him.

Ray and Lee met Friday for the first time after the 2 July incident.