Musician realized an Instagram contact 1,000 miles away was having seizures as they spoke — one detail from earlier chats led to a timely rescue
Being far apart doesn't mean being powerless in a moment of crisis. Musician Guy Stoker was talking on Instagram on December 3, 2025, with Danish man Sune Jensen when he noticed something strange about Jensen's body movements. He realized that his Instagram contact was experiencing a seizure; however, he was 1,000 miles away in Paris. He then recalled a detail from their earlier conversation that made him make a timely call that rescued Jensen's life. As reported on ChronicleLive on Sunday, January 18, 2026, Jensen now believes that Stoker saved his life.
Northumberland man Guy Stoker has been a professional musician for over 30 years. "I'm a piano-vocalist, composer, and songwriter, and was trained in the North East," he said. From playing at the Theatre Royal for seven years to performing at venues such as the Copthorne Hotel and the Civic Centre, Stoker has had a colorful music career. However, epilepsy followed him around all his life. Having been diagnosed with the condition, he often advocated for greater awareness of it. During one of his social media discussion projects named Purple Chorus, he happened to meet a gentleman from Denmark named Sune Jensen, who also experienced seizures frequently. "We were talking one day, and it started to become apparent to me while we were speaking that he was continually having seizures. I said how many have you had today; he said around ten," Stoker said.
Aabenraa resident Jensen's admission to having repeated epileptic seizures made Stoker confirm that he wasn't alright. Desperate to find help, Stoker immediately recalled the hospital where Jensen had received epilepsy care. He reached out to the hospital, which soon sent Jensen to a nearby hospital. Stoker explained, "They asked me to get certain information from him, like his name and address, and they said, 'Right, we are sending an ambulance, tell him to open the door.'" Jensen was able to get timely medical support, and he thanked Stoker for the help.
Expressing his gratitude, Jensen revealed that he had experienced tonic-clonic seizures before, but the one that happened recently was much more dangerous. "I am so happy that there was someone who could help me call [sic] an ambulance," Jensen added. A 2024 study authored by Fatima Jaafar et al. examined patients newly diagnosed with epilepsy with tonic-clonic seizures alone to understand their seizure recurrence pattern, disease course and treatments. Seizure recurrence was seen in 14% of treated patients, while 73% in untreated patients. The study noted that with the right treatment and timely intervention, many patients remain seizure-free for over two years. In addition to Stoker's advocacy for epilepsy awareness, he is also an abuse survivor and raises awareness for boys and men who can also be in such vulnerable situations.
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