Apple's Siri Saves Sick Girl From Hurricane Harvey Flood: Here's The Story

A sick girl stuck with her family in their flooded home due to the devastation of Hurricane Harvey was able to call for help using Siri. Apple's Siri, which has faced increased competition in the digital personal assistant space with the Google Assistant and Amazon's Alexa, helped the girl contact the Coast Guard to pick them up and fly them to safety. Tyler Frank, a 14-year-old-girl suffering from sickle cell anemia, was running a fever and in great pain at the height of Hurricane Harvey's onslaught. In the early morning of Aug. 27, Tyler, her mother, and her three brothers woke up to floodwater rising up inside their home. Joseph, Tyler's oldest brother at 18 years old, carried her on his back up to the roof, as 16-year-old Brayland did the same for 8-year-old Jaquarus.