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 965
Release Date: 1994-09-13Windsurfers save a couple when their boat capsizes in a frigid lake (March 8, 1993. Columbia, South Carolina); 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); Man falls into gorge (June 29, 1992. White River Junction, Vermont)
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Episode 2 - Episode 601
Release Date: 1994-09-20Hang glider loses control and crashes while being pulled by boat (June 25, 1993. British Columbia, Canada); Teenager with downs syndrome saves his choking father (July 12, 1993. Pensacola, Florida); A stuck accelerator leaves a woman's car speeding out of control (August 29, 1993. Interstate 95, North Carolina); Three-year-old boy calls 911 when his mother falls down the stairs (November 30, 1993. Calvert County, Maryland)
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Episode 3 - Episode 602
Release Date: 1994-09-27Teenager attempts to jump across a canyon and falls (March 21, 1994. Goreville, Illinois); Woman goes into premature labor at home (January 8, 1994. San Antonio, Texas); Snorkeler attacked by great white shark (April 24, 1992. Campbell Island, New Zealand); Chihuahua chokes on marble (February 10, 1994. Buda, Texas)
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Episode 4 - Episode 603
Release Date: 1994-10-04Girl falls off car hood and gets her leg stuck in the engine (September 17, 1992. La Marque, Texas); Air traffic controller has heart attack (May 5, 1993. Seattle, Washington); Toddler trapped in runaway boat (May 28, 1994. Grove, Oklahoma); Puppy trapped in drainage pipe (March 13, 1994. Houston, Texas)
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Episode 5 - Episode 604
Release Date: 1994-10-11Dog falls through ice into swift moving frozen river (December 29, 1993. Missoula, Montana); Mother finds daughters unconscious in the trunk of her car (July 7, 1993. Gray, Louisiana); Rear-end collision leaves woman in car unconscious at railroad crossing as train approaches (March 22, 1994. Boca Raton, Florida); Seven-year-old girl calls 911 when her father stabs her mother (February 24, 1992. Rock Hill, South Carolina)
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Episode 6 - Episode 605
Release Date: 1994-10-18Small plane crashes in snowy mountains (January 19, 1991. Killington, Vermont); Teenager has severe asthma attack (November 12, 1993. Milford, Ohio); Boy injured in go-kart accident (November 6, 1993. Wichita Falls, Texas); Wrestler receives spinal injury (December 2, 1993. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)
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Episode 7 - Episode 606
Release Date: 1994-10-25Children on inflatable raft float out to sea (April 10, 1994. Texas City, Texas); Baby chokes on corn (May 2, 1993. Concord, Massachusetts; Mountain biker falls off cliff (February 13, 1994. Blackwell, Texas); Girl has asthma attack while marching in parade (December 5, 1992. Maple Heights, Ohio)
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Episode 8 - Episode 607
Release Date: 1994-11-01Mule rider falls off cliff in remote jungle area (February 1992. South Central Mexico); The victim of a motorcycle crash is treated at Erlanger Medical Center (October 2, 1993. Chattanooga, Tennessee); Underage girls crash car on gravel road (August 6, 1993. Chillicothe, Missouri); Girl strangled by dog leash (April 15, 1994. Dutton, Virginia)
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Episode 9 - Episode 608
Release Date: 1994-11-08Toddler puts car in gear and runs over his twin brother (February 25, 1994. Riverdale, Georgia); Basketball player goes into cardiac arrest during game (June 26, 1993. Spokane, Washington); Teenager falls from cliff while hiking to the top of a waterfall (May 31, 1993. Provo, Utah); Paramedic must deliver wife's baby in ambulance (September 6, 1993. Crosby, Texas)
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Episode 10 - Episode 609 (Women Heroes Edition)
Release Date: 1994-11-15Boy's life jacket catches in pontoon boat's propeller (July 15, 1993. Bull Shoals, Arkansas); Paramedic must treat her sister who was trapped in a burning apartment (June 11, 1994. Brooklyn, New York); Bank robbers with machine guns lead police on a high speed chase (January 24, 1992. Victorville, California); Girl calls 911 when her mother has an allergic reaction to antibiotics (March 28, 1994. Denton, Texas)
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Episode 11 - Episode 610
Release Date: 1994-11-22Boys buried in avalanche (February 15, 1993. Deerfield, New York); Cat trapped in air vent (April 1994. Bowie, Maryland); Girl pinned under pickup truck (August 8, 1994. Hammond, Indiana); Woman returns home and discovers an intruder (July 11, 1994. Lafayette, California)
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Episode 12 - Episode 611
Release Date: 1994-12-13Girl accidentally shot by neighbor (May 12, 1994. Ackworth, Iowa); Crisis intervention team helps victims of domestic violence (May 1994. Austin, Texas); Woman's car goes over hillside and into a canal (May 20, 1993. Morro Bay, California); Mother trapped in bathroom (August 25, 1992. Arlington, Texas)
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Episode 13 - Episode 612 (Christmas Edition)
Release Date: 1994-12-20Injured family stranded on deserted island (December 25, 1991. Brittish Virgin Islands); Pickup truck rolls on top of man (December 28, 1992. Eatonville, Washington); Lifeguard in Santa suit assists teen injured in wave runner accident (December 25, 1993. Queensland, Australia); Baby chokes on ornament (December 9, 1993. Atlantic Beach, North Carolina)
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Episode 14 - Episode 613
Release Date: 1995-01-03Drunk driver causes head-on collision (January 28, 1992. Lafayette, Ohio); Children injured in a car accident are treated at Jackson Memorial Hospital (May 16, 1994. Miami, Florida); Man on tractor swarmed by bees (August 23, 1994. Robstown, Texas); Father saves family from gas leak after seeing a carbon monoxide segment on Rescue 911 (November 11, 1993. Prairie Village, Kansas)
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Episode 15 - Episode 614
Release Date: 1995-01-10Boy trapped under collapsed deck (March 7, 1992. Salyer, California); A man injured in a motorcycle accident is treated at Brower General Medical Center (January 31, 1994. Fort Lauderdale, Florida); Horse falls on boy (August 21, 1993. Granby, Colorado); Teenagers get alcohol poisoning (May 26, 1994. Ocean Springs, Mississippi)
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Episode 16 - Episode 615
Release Date: 1995-01-17Construction worker cut by falling glass (June 28, 1994. Silver Spring, Maryland); Toddler chokes on ham (June 1994. Cayuga, North Dakota); Veternarians treat a dog with its toe stuck in a bathroom drain, a sick python, and a cat that fell eight floors (New York, New York); Boy buried by sand avalanche (September 25, 1993. Saint Leo, Kansas)
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Episode 17 - Episode 956
Release Date: 1995-01-24Fireman accidentally runs over his partner with fire truck (March 14, 1994. Blue Mound, 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); Boy and father attacked by crocodile (May 1, 1986. Zimbabwe, Africa)
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Episode 18 - Episode 616
Release Date: 1995-01-31Woman hides from intruders under the bed (April 7, 1992. North Andover, Massachusetts); While searching for truants, police officers discover two hikers who fell off a cliff (February 28, 1994. Palm Springs, California); Mother and child stuck inside car stalled on railroad crossing (September 8, 1994. Waxhaw, North Carolina); Girl has allergic reaction to shrimp at prom (April 23, 1994. Memphis, Tennessee)
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Episode 19 - Episode 617 (Children Heroes Edition)
Release Date: 1995-02-07Siblings save their grandmother from burning house (July 22, 1993. Joliet, Illinois); 6-year-old finds mother unconscious in bathtub (October 28, 1994. Oakland, California); Boy's clothes catch fire in treehouse (November 22, 1993. Oceanside, California); Children call 911 for diabetic father (January 22, 1994. Palmdale, California)
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Episode 20 - Episode 618
Release Date: 1995-02-14Elderly woman has heart attack on plane (January 26, 1994); Girl hit by car (August 10, 1994. Biglerville, Pennsylvania); Bystanders try to prevent boy from being sucked into drainage pipe (July 12, 1994. Eunice, Louisiana); Woman has labor complications at home (July 22, 1994. Foothill Ranch, California)
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Episode 21 - Episode 619
Release Date: 1995-02-21Boy accidentally shot by brother (September 8, 1994. Lubbock, Texas); Boy has severe asthma attack (October 20, 1994. Mesa, Arizona); Woman and son hide from intruder (January 1, 1993. San Jose, California); Girl calls 911 for hemorrhaging mother (November 16, 1994. Denver, Colorado)
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Episode 22 - Episode 957H
Release Date: 1995-02-22Cop pulls over a speeding van to find the driver is a woman in labor (September 6, 1993. Conway, Arkansas); Dog chokes on ball (September 7, 1993. Presque Isle, Maine)
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Episode 23 - Episode 620
Release Date: 1995-02-28Killer whales trapped in lake with no food (October 1994. Barnes Lake in Alaska); Man has allergic reaction after being stung by a hornet (July 1994. Swain County, North Carolina); Boy injures leg in lawn mower accident (April 19, 1993. Thompson's Station, Tennessee); Man has heart attack at fair (1992. Rutland, Vermont)
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Episode 24 - Episode 621
Release Date: 1995-03-21Unsupervised toddler falls in swimming pool and drowns (July 23, 1993. Flower Mound, Texas); Children must deliver mother's baby (September 23, 1994. Blue Springs, Missouri); Officer shot while investigating suspicious persons (October 10, 1994. Phoenix, Arizona); 12-year-old girl does CPR on a man who had a heart attack while running (October 22, 1994. Jonesboro, Arkansas)
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Episode 25 - Episode 622 (Miracle Rescues Edition)
Release Date: 1995-05-02Toddler stays alive in submerged Jeep for over 20 minutes by staying in an air pocket (July 25, 1994. Live Oak County, Texas); Elderly man falls through sky-light and goes into a coma for 6 months (July 4, 1994. Mesa, Arizona); Baby falls from 7th floor hotel balcony and sustains no injuries (August 7, 1993. Destin, Florida); Boy buried under snow for over an hour (December 1994. Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland, Canada)
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Episode 26 - Episode 623 (Child Safety Edition)
Release Date: 1995-05-09Boy falls from window (June 4, 1994. Mechanicsville, Maryland); A boy hit by a car and a toddler injured by a falling television are treated at Jackson Memorial Hospital (January 31, 1995. Maimi Florida); Toddler swallows sister's medication (November 15, 1994. Nashville, Tennessee); Boy's jacket string catches slide, choking him (January 8, 1993. Schoolcraft, Michigan); Baby scalded by hot bathwater (February 18, 1992. Clio, Michigan)
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Episode 27 - Episode 624
Release Date: 1995-05-16Snowboarder runs off trail and gets buried under snow falling snow drifts from treetops (February 23, 1994. Crystal Mountain, Washington); Leopard attacks zoo worker (December 29, 1994. Scottsbluff, Nebraska); Hang glider nose-dives into guardrail (November 24, 1989. Waimanalo, Hawaii); Documentary follows group counseling sessions with EMTs and paramedics from the A.M.R. Emergency Medical Services Authority as they recall the Oklahoma City bombing (April 19, 1995. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
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Episode 28 - Episode 958H
Release Date: 1995-05-17Two children fall through ice on frozen pond (December 23, 1994. Greentown, Ohio); Dog alerts neighbors when toddler falls in river (July 6, 1992. Colorado River)
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Episode 29 - Episode 625
Release Date: 1995-05-23Toddler dissappears on hiking trip in Chattahoochee mountains (November 26, 1994. Lumpkin County, Georgia); Robber shoots restaurant manager in the neck (June 28, 1993. Mesa, Arizona); Woman's car slides off icy road and crashes over a mountainside (March 21, 1994. near Oakridge, Oregon); Woman goes into labor on plane (November 23, 1994. Washington, D.C.)