Rescue 911 (1989)
Rescue 911 is an informational reality-based television series that premiered on April 18, 1989 and ended on August 27, 1996. The series was hosted by William Shatner and featured reenactments of emergency situations that often involved calls to 9-1-1. Though never intended as a teaching tool, various viewers used the knowledge they obtained watching the show. Two specials, titled "100 Lives Saved" and "200 Lives Saved," were dedicated to these viewers who had written to CBS with their stories on how the knowledge they obtained watching the show allowed them to save the life of someone else. At least 350 lives have been saved as a result of what viewers learned from watching it. The show's popularity coincided with the widespread adoption of the 911 emergency system, replacing standalone police and fire numbers that would vary from municipality to municipality. The number is now universally understood in the United States and Canada to be the number dialed for emergency assistance nationwide. At its height, the show was adapted in 45 countries.
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Episode 1 - Episode 501
Release Date: 1993-09-14Truck crash frees 10 million bees (June 4, 1990. Douglas, Georgia); Suicidal woman takes hostages so police will shoot her (July 21, 1992. Beaumont, Texas); Dog trapped in dryer vent (Christmas Holidays. Tualatin, Oregon); Mother finds her baby girl face down in the bathtub (June 10, 1991. Walla Walla, Washington)
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Episode 2 - Episode 502
Release Date: 1993-09-21Teens in car hit by train (November 11, 1991. Seymour, Iowa); Man struck by lightning (September 5, 1991. Lakeside, California); Man discovers a bobcat in his house (March 25, 1993. San Clemente, California); Child chokes on penny (October 1990. Northlake, Illinois)
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Episode 3 - Episode 503
Release Date: 1993-09-28Crash victim trapped in burning car while his wife goes into labor (March 21, 1991. Clackamas County, Oregon); Robber takes restaurant employees hostage (March 5, 1992. Greenville, North Carolina); Dog alerts neighbors when toddler falls in river (July 6, 1992. Colorado River); A victim of a motorcycle accident is a treated at a San Diego hospital (January 26, 1992. San Diego, California)
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Episode 4 - Episode 508
Release Date: 1993-10-22Man falls into gorge (June 29, 1992. White River Junction, Vermont); Dump truck carrying hot asphalt overturns on occupied car (April 23, 1990. Grafton, West Virginia); When a toddler falls ill, responding firefighters discover a family has been poisoned by carbon monoxide (November 4, 1992. Colorado Springs, Colorado); Man finds wife near her wrecked car (June 23, 1992. Napoleon, Indiana)
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Episode 5 - Episode 505
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Episode 6 - Episode 506
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Episode 7 - Episode 509H
Release Date: 1993-11-09Missing girl is discovered clinging to the back of a moving truck (March 28, 1993. Walconda, Illinois); Cop shot while on patrol (November 13, 1991. Dallas, Texas)
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Episode 8 - Episode 510
Release Date: 1993-11-16Boy drives ATV over embankment (July 1, 1992. Holland, Ohio); Woman at home alone reports intruders (December 30, 1991. Knoxville, Tennessee); Boy pinned by tool box (March 24, 1993. Hamlet, Indiana); Child diagnosed with aplastic anemia needs bone marrow transplant (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
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Episode 9 - 200 Lives Saved
Release Date: 1993-11-23Christmas tree catches fire, trapping family in basement (December 20, 1992. Dover-Foxcroft, Maine); Toddler impaled through throat with toothbrush (January 12, 1993. Germantown, Maryland); Girl stops runaway car when her mother collapses at the wheel (July 1, 1993. Sacramento, California); First grader saves his friend who chokes on candy (February 22, 1993. Arcola, Mississippi)
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Episode 10 - Episode 511
Release Date: 1993-11-30Two women in suburban stranded in flooded river (May 9, 1993. Gainesville, Texas); Girl calls 911 for ailing mother with endometriosis (February 7, 1992. South Bend, Indiana); Boy gets tongue stuck in canteen (June 16, 1993. Union, Maine); A boy who fell from a barn roof is treated at Kosair Children's Hospital (August 13, 1993. Louisville, Kentucky)
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Episode 11 - Episode 504
Release Date: 1993-12-14Snowmobiler falls through thin ice (December 19, 1992. Minnetrista, Minnesota); Members of the Acadian Air Med service pick up a victim of a speedboat accident and a child burned by hot grease (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Sisters at home alone report intruder (December 22, 1992. Lexington, North Carolina); Firefighter has heart attack (July 26, 1991. Kilgore, Texas)
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Episode 12 - Episode 512
Release Date: 1993-12-21Girls, after dialing the wrong number, call an elderly man with chest pains during Christmas; Farmer/Doctor has a hay bail fall on him; Child accidentally starts Chirstmas tree fire; Intruder gets stuck in the chimney (January 4, 1993. Oceanside, California)
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Episode 13 - Episode 513
Release Date: 1994-01-04Uncertified scuba Diver runs out of air (Seattle, Washington); A stabbing victim and a father and son injured in a motorcycle accident are treated at the University of Louisville Hospital and Kosair Children's Hospital (August 13, 1993. Louisville, Kentucky); Kindergartner calls 911 when she returns home and her parents are not there (January 15, 1993. Owosso, Michigan); Paramedics come across an injured man who is the grandfather of a patient they are transporting to the hospital (June 12, 1992. Shelbyville, Tennessee)
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Episode 14 - Episode 514
Release Date: 1994-01-11Mother trapped on burning boat after it explodes (June 21, 1991. San Diego, California); Teenager shoots himself after a fight with his dad (March 11, 1993. Helendale, California); Domestic violence suspect shoots police dog (February 25, 1992. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada); Dispatcher chokes on candy while alone in office (September 11, 1990. Mathews, Virginia)
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Episode 15 - Episode 515
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Episode 16 - Episode 516
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Episode 17 - Episode 517
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Episode 18 - Episode 518
Release Date: 1994-03-08Boy collapses in gym class (October 29, 1992. Nyack, New York); Documentary of a Norwegian family who donated their daughters organs after she died in a car accident (beginning on July 5, 1993. Las Vegas, Nevada)
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Episode 19 - Episode 519
Release Date: 1994-03-15Girl trapped under car in muddy ditch (April 5, 1992. Mobile, Alabama); Teenager hits his head while diving into a lake and becomes paralyzed (March 4, 1990. Lake Jewel, Florida); Woman bitten by barracuda (July 9, 1993. Islamorada, Florida); Neighbor performs CPR on a toddler who drowned in a swimming pool (August 16, 1993. Burlington, Vermont)
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Episode 20 - Episode 520
Release Date: 1994-03-22Man unconscious in burning house (December 13, 1992. Rogers, Arkansas); Four-year-old boy chokes on peas (August 23, 1993. Calgary, Alberta, Canada); Water truck runs over boy on rollerblades (July 20, 1992. Corona, California); Teenager collapses after inhaling butane (April 11, 1992. Tulsa, Oklahoma)
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Episode 21 - Episode 521 (Animal Rescues Edition)
Release Date: 1994-03-29Suspect stabs police dog (March 8, 1993. Modesto, California); Pig trapped in burning house (October 14, 1993. The Dalles, Oregon); A poodle and a horse are treated at a U.C. Davis animal medical center (July 30, 1993. Davis, California); Stray puppy trapped in storm drain (July 27, 1993. Corpus Christi, Texas)
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Episode 22 - Episode 522
Release Date: 1994-04-05Two boys electrocuted at pool (May 30, 1993. Pembroke Pines, Florida); Fireman falls through ceiling into burning house (August 30, 1993. Tulsa, Oklahoma); Dog chokes on ball (September 7, 1993. Presque Isle, Maine); Boy sustains head injury from ATV accident (August 16, 1989. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
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Episode 23 - Episode 523
Release Date: 1994-05-03Boy and father attacked by crocodile (May 1, 1986. Zimbabwe, Africa); Cop crashes into tree while pursuing speeding car (April 2, 1993. Austin, Texas); Boy and mother stuck in tree (October 16, 1993. Millville Pennsylvania); Ice hockey player collides with another player and receives a severe head injury (March 14, 1992. Plattsburgh, New York)
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Episode 24 - Episode 524 (Child Safety Edition)
Release Date: 1994-05-10Toddler drowns in hot tub (September 9, 1993. Laguna Niguel, California); Mother trips and spills hot grease on her 2-year-old daughter (June 17, 1993. Hingham, Massachusetts); Boy injured in an ATV accident is treated at the Kapiolani Medical Center For Women And Children (February 1994. Waianae, Hawaii); Girl pinned by garage door goes into cardiac arrest (March 15, 1991. Tarzana, California)
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Episode 25 - Episode 525
Release Date: 1994-05-17Snowboarder loses control and flies over hillside (January 11, 1992. Peru, Vermont); Girl falls and cuts her neck and chest on a broken glass (December 28. Dana Point, California); Teenager gets plaster mask stuck to face (April 16, 1992. Lincoln, Nebraska); Car hits pickup with girl riding in truck bed (August 18, 1993. Ontario, California)
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Episode 26 - Episode 526
Release Date: 1994-05-24Girl pinned underwater by snowmobile (March 6, 1993. Rome, New York); Woman in rural cabin attacked by intruder (March 21, 1992. Scarborough, Maine); Boy accidentally stabs himself with scissors (August 13, 1992. Cincinnati, Ohio); Woman has heat stroke while hiking in desert (July 7, 1990. Las Vegas, Nevada)