Sonny’s stroke occurred in a stairwell on a normal day. He was taking care of his granddaughter. “Something didn’t feel right,” Rast says. “And then the lights went out.”

This is the point where Sonny’s tone changes and his story becomes unique. Using his APX Alarm medical pendant to activate his security system, Sonny Rast called for help from his stairwell during the onset of a stroke. Without the medical pendant, without APX alarm’s two-way voice capability that let Sonny talk with first responders directly through his alarm panel, his story would have ended differently.

Like any stroke victim, Sonny understands the weight of time. He understands that he’s able to share his story today because paramedics were at his side within minutes. “You cannot find a way to describe how comfortable it makes one feel that at the touch of a button, in a matter of seconds, there is somebody hovering over you to save your life,” he explains. But ultimately no explanation is needed. The simple realization that APX was there when minutes mattered is good enough for Sonny.