Rescue 911
Rescue 911
TV ShowReturning Series

Rescue 911

7.8 / 10
1989
7 seasons
185 episodes
DramaDocumentary

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 911. 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 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.

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Cast

Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.Episode 101

    05-09-198960m

    Boy swept away in flooded arroyo (June 10, 1988. Albuquerque, New Mexico); Skydiver is knocked unconscious (April 18, 1987. Coolidge, Arizona); Robber takes grocery store employee...

  • Ep 2

    2.Episode 102

    12-09-198960m

    Construction workers trapped upside-down in collapsed cherry picker; Mother must perform CPR on her baby (May 16, 1988. Xenia, Ohio); Toddlers play on tracks as train approaches (M...

  • Ep 3

    3.Episode 103

    19-09-198960m

    High school football player goes into cardiac arrest (November 7, 1986. Springdale, Arkansas); Helicopter rescue of a hiker who fell from a cliff (July 1, 1989. Los Angeles, Califo...

  • Ep 4

    4.Episode 104

    26-09-198960m

    Bystander attempts to rescue two women trapped in a submerged car (Elkhart, Indiana); Woman stabbed by intruder (October 16, 1988. Lansing, Michigan); Rafter caught in dam's undert...

  • Ep 5

    5.Episode 105

    03-10-198960m

    Toddler falls into narrow hole (April 24, 1986. Colts Neck, New Jersey); Helicopter pilot attempts to locate a kidney recipient before the donor kidney expires (March 25, 1989. Gla...

  • Ep 6

    6.Episode 106

    10-10-198960m
  • Ep 7

    7.Episode 107

    17-10-198960m

    Spelunker trapped in flooded cave (July 1, 1985. Spring Mill State Park, Indiana); San Francisco neonatal hospital documentary (March 1989. San Francisco, California); A family is...

  • Ep 8

    8.Episode 108

    20-10-198960m
  • Ep 9

    9.Episode 109

    27-10-198960m
  • Ep 10

    10.Episode 110

    07-11-198960m

    Funny car explodes (July 22, 1989. Denver, Colorado); Helicopter pilots use infrered device to track burglary suspect (July 18, 1989. Fort Worth, Texas); Teenager on motorcycle fal...

  • Ep 11

    11.Episode 111

    14-11-198960m

    Woman hides from intruders (September. Los Angeles, California); Aerovac documentary-Helicopter picks up victims of a head on collision and a girl kicked in the face by a horse (Ph...

  • Ep 12

    12.Episode 112

    28-11-198960m

    Woman outsmarts her assailant (May 5, 1989. Tucson, Arizona); Dispatcher's husband has heart attack (July 1, 1989. Kingwood, Texas); Cocaine user hijacks ambulance and takes four p...

  • Ep 13

    13.Episode 113

    12-12-198960m

    Woman shot by mentally ill brother (July 20, 1989. Dallas, Texas); New Years Eve fire at a Puerto Rico hotel (December 31, 1986. San Juan, Puerto Rico); Boy performs Heimlich maneu...

  • Ep 14

    14.Episode 114

    19-12-198960m

    Seattle Cop Shooting: Police officer is shot, good samaritans aid in the chase (May 15, 1989. Seattle, Washington); Carbon Monoxide Save: elderly couple are overcome by Carbon Mono...

  • Ep 15

    15.Episode 115

    02-01-199060m

    Dynamite explodes in construction worker's hand (August 17, 1989. Western Washington); Ex-convicts rob a winery (September 1988. Brookfield/New Milford, Connecticut)

  • Ep 16

    16.Episode 116

    09-01-199060m
  • Ep 17

    17.Episode 117

    19-01-199060m
  • Ep 18

    18.Episode 118

    26-01-199060m
  • Ep 19

    19.Episode 119

    08-02-199060m
  • Ep 20

    20.Episode 120

    27-02-199060m

    Fighter pilot crashes into runway at air show (April 24, 1988. El Toro, California); Documentary of the Charles Stuart murder case (October 23, 1989. Boston, Massachusetts); Man ha...

  • Ep 21

    21.Episode 121

    28-02-199060m
  • Ep 22

    22.Episode 122

    10-03-199060m
  • Ep 23

    23.Episode 123

    17-03-199060m
  • Ep 24

    24.Episode 124

    27-03-199060m

    Intruder in a deaf mother's house (October 25, 1989. Chattanooga,Tennessee); Lumberjack pinned between logs (August 10, 1989. Bellingham, Washington); Racer trapped in submerged sp...

  • Ep 25

    25.Episode 125

    03-04-199060m

    Elderly man shot outside his home (October 24, 1989. Taft, Florida); Toddler drowns in pool (September 24, 1989. Claremont, California); Climbers stranded on Mt. Whitney (July 25,...

  • Ep 26

    26.Episode 126

    10-04-199060m

    Parrot alerts sleeping family of gas leak (September 23, 1983. East Boston, Massachusetts); Boy's clothes catch fire (October 30, 1988. Pasadena, Texas); Fishing boat sinks, leavi...

  • Ep 27

    27.Episode 127

    23-04-199060m
  • Ep 28

    28.Episode 128

    28-04-199060m
  • Ep 29

    29.Episode 129 (Best of Season One)

    08-05-199060m

    This special episode re-aired some the first season's best stories: Police officer stops runaway boxcars pushing automobile down train tracks (October 3, 1985. Northville, Michig...

  • Ep 30

    30.Episode 130

    15-05-199060m

    Girl accidentally stabs brother (December 1989. Atlanta, Georgia); Prisoners escape by taking four paramedics and prison personnel hostage (April 13, 1988. Nashville, Tennessee); G...

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