Stretching "saving".
It's hard to argue with someone who feels that they've been saved. It's a pretty subjective feeling, though when we look at things from afar it's hard not to feel that objectively the predicaments that people found themselves in weren't quite that desperate. A few of examples:
Old Bay Seasoning:
I needed some once and was out. Found this somewhere on the internet. Saved my life!
Joni Mitchell recordings:
Fortunately Kazaa exists. Internet saved my life by giving me the chance of getting her 8 first albums.
Finding a long-forgotten song:
Finally I found this song. Google saved my life! It is soo wonderful to fine a soung long forgotten
There are, perhaps, indirect ways in which the internet can be a life-saving force. An article on a Stanford University server tells of a conference held on democracy in Latin American and South American cities. One mayor reported that she'd received many death threats, and had to find creative ways of staying protected, including moving around the city with unarmed children surrounding her (something that apparently didn't work). The story continues:
Cuartas of Colombia was among several who spoke of the importance of open dissemination of information in building trust. "I think the Internet saved my life," she said. Because of Colombia's civil war between leftist guerrillas and right-wing paramilitary groups, she said, she made public the details of all her activities, which were disseminated locally by radio and television, and to national factions via an Internet page run by a peace-oriented group.
So in this case it wasn't a search for anything, but instead the public nature of being online which apparently was life-saving.
Go to: The internet saved my life, or
Go to: I search, therefore I am?