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.
Rescue 911 (Staffel 3)
Episode 301H (Folge 1)
Sendedatum: 1991-09-17
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Toddlers trapped in sinking car (November 30, 1990. Conroe, Texas); Man lies unconcious on subway tracks (September 7, 1987. New York, New York)
Episode 302 (Folge 2)
Sendedatum: 1991-09-24
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Boy trapped in runaway hot-air balloon (January 7, 1990. Colorado Springs, Colorado); Man trapped in house fire (July 15, 1990. Spencerport, New York); Man has heart attack at Civil War reenactment (May 26, 1990. Felton, California)
Man Collapses (Folge 3)
Sendedatum: 1991-10-01
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Man collapses on ski lift (January 12, 1990. Copper Mountain, Colorado); Girl saves siblings from house fire (December 1990. Blowing Rock, North Carolina); Woman with placenta previa has labor complications at home (December 1990. Austin, Texas)
Episode 306H (Folge 4)
Sendedatum: 1991-10-08
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Van rear-ends log truck (October 23, 1990. Russellville, Arkansas); Boy accidentally hangs himself (February 24, 1991. Ruston, Louisiana)
Episode 305 (Folge 5)
Sendedatum: 1991-10-15
Laufzeit: 60 min
Episode 307 (Folge 6)
Sendedatum: 1991-10-29
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Boy falls through ice on frozen lake (December 20, 1990. Englewood, Colorado); Robbers stab video-store owner (July 11, 1988. Bedford, Indiana); Neo-natal documentary (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Episode 308 (Folge 7)
Sendedatum: 1991-11-05
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Two teenagers injured when shotgun backfires (September 23, 1989. Newberg, Oregon); Police attempt to locate suspects who robbed a house (March 28, 1991. Indianapolis, Indiana); Bay Flight helicopter picks up a teenager injured in a car accident and an elderly woman hit by a car (Saint Petersburg, Florida)
Episode 309 (Folge 8)
Sendedatum: 1991-11-12
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Skydiver's parachute lines become entangled (November 12, 1989. Frankfort, Indiana); Woman injured while attempting to stop runaway car (May 15, 1990. Tecumseh, Oklahoma); Boy attacked by alligator (August 2, 1991. Refugio, Texas)
Episode 310 (Folge 9)
Sendedatum: 1991-11-19
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Wing walker dangles beneath plane (June 15, 1991. Portland, Oregon); Russian boy's clothes catch fire (September 17, 1990. Magadan, Siberia/Galveston, Texas); Burglar trapped in restaurant calls 911 (July 11, 1991. Los Angeles, California)
Episode 311 (Folge 10)
Sendedatum: 1991-11-26
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Firefighters attempt to rescue two men trapped on the twelfth floor of a burning building (May 14, 1991. New York, New York); Police search for shot cab driver (Saturday. Oakland, California); Man must deliver wife's baby in the back seat of their car (May 3, 1990. Lake Charles, Louisiana)
Episode 312 (Folge 11)
Sendedatum: 1991-12-10
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Man trapped on sinking sailboat (December 2, 1990. Sanford, Florida); Man holds his brothers hostage (November 10, 1989. Newington, Connecticut); Boy gets tongue stuck in freezer (August 9, 1990. Altoona, Pennsylvania); Elderly runner collapses (Shippensburg, Pennsylvania)
Episode 313 (Folge 12)
Sendedatum: 1991-12-17
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Avalanche buries plow operator (January 11, 1988. Jackson, Wyoming); Civilians aid unconscious man trapped in burning pickup truck (August 26, 1989. Fort Collins, Colorado); Toddler found frozen in snow (December 23, 1990. Elkins, West Virginia)
Episode 314 (Folge 13)
Sendedatum: 1992-01-07
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Paramedics attempt to stop a runaway car with an unconscious driver (April 11, 1990. Pekin, Illinois); Deputy wounded in shootout (May 7, 1989. Tonopah, Nevada); Girl calls 911 when her mother has chest pains (May 26, 1991. Dearborn Heights, Michigan) ; New Years Eve documentary-Shooting victim, man falls from Christmas tree (San Francisco, California)
Episode 315 (Folge 14)
Sendedatum: 1992-01-14
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Raft capsizes in frigid waters (July 3, 1990. Valdez, Alaska); Boy's clothes catch fire when he pours gasoline on fire (February 12, 1990. Aurora, Illinois); Pickup truck crashes in isolated area of the Everglades (November 21, 1990. North Lauderdale, Florida)
Episode 316 (Folge 15)
Sendedatum: 1992-01-24
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Ice diver's air tanks fail (March 1988. Logan, Utah); Toddler bitten by cottonmouth (July 4, 1991. Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana); Hospital documentary-deaf stabbing victim (February 24, 1991. Newark, New Jersey); Runaway four-year-old calls 911 (December 4, 1990, Santa Barbara, California)
Episode 317 (Folge 16)
Sendedatum: 1992-01-28
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Teenager's airway closes when she has an allergic reaction (November 27, 1989. Cape Elizabeth, Maine); Fast food restaurant robbery (April 18, 1991. Bakersfield, California); Teenager dives into shallow pool and becomes paralyzed (May 1991. Greenville, South Carolina); Girl calls 911 when her diabetic father passes out (May 29, 1991. Douglasville, Georgia)
Episode 318 (Folge 17)
Sendedatum: 1992-02-04
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Girl on go-kart stuck by truck (March 4, 1988. Lilburn, Georgia); Deputy and dog wounded in shootout (September 19, 1988. Indianapolis, Indiana); Firemen trapped under fallen facade (October 10, 1990. Santa Ana, California); Boy stops truck when his mother passes out at the wheel (July 9, 1991. Evansville, Indiana)
Episode 954 (Folge 18)
Sendedatum: 1992-02-07
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: New Segments: A cop is shot by a burglar and his wife is a paramedic at the scene (August 23, 1989. South Orange, New Jersey); Boy accidentally inhales freon (March 10, 1990. Kernersville, North Carolina) Repeated Segments: Couple discovers python living under their house (August 1989. Fort Lauderdale, Florida); Good samaritan pulls paramedics from burning ambulance (October 1, 1989. Macon, Georgia)
Episode 319 (Folge 19)
Sendedatum: 1992-03-03
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Girl falls from 100-foot cliff into canyon (February 14, 1991. Mount Shasta, California); A rapist stabs a woman 21 times (September 21, 1989. Grand Island, Nebraska); Five-year-old boy receives heart transplant (January 1988. Loma Linda, California)
Episode 320 (Folge 20)
Sendedatum: 1992-03-17
Laufzeit: 60 min
Episode 321 (Folge 21)
Sendedatum: 1992-03-24
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: A woman calls 911 on her car phone when a police impostor tries to pull her over (September 3, 1991. Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Jockey injured at horse race (May 30, 1988. Belmont Park, New York); Crash victim impaled by fence post (January 3, 1991. Maple Valley, Washington); Girl stuck in tree (October 31, 1991. Atlanta, Georgia)
Episode 322 (Folge 22)
Sendedatum: 1992-04-07
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Bystanders try to rescue girl trapped in burning truck (February 2, 1991. Paso Robles, California); Couple leads police to bank robbers, then a shootout ensues (December 4, 1989. Knoxville, Tennessee); Girl is severely cut after running into glass storm door (August 13, 1991. Renton, Washington)
Episode 323 (Folge 23)
Sendedatum: 1992-04-28
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Woman aids car crash victim, unaware that the victim is her son (June 24, 1987. Knoxville, Tennessee); Baby drowns in swimming pool (October 3, 1991. Merlin, Oregon); Documentary of Arizona's Victim-Witness program-a restaurant manager is shot in the face (Tucson, Arizona); Boy stops school bus after the driver collapses (December 18, 1991. Dunnellon, Florida)
Episode 324Q (Folge 24)
Sendedatum: 1992-04-29
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Pipe bomb is discovered under a vehicle behind college dorm (May 18, 1991. Lawrence, Kansas)
Episode 304H (Folge 25)
Sendedatum: 1992-05-05
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Baby attacked by fire ants (April 7, 1991. Macon, Georgia); Woman trapped in burning apartment (January 8, 1991. South River, New Jersey)
Episode 325 (International Edition) (Folge 26)
Sendedatum: 1992-05-12
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Girl trapped under flaming tanker truck (August 9, 1990. Auckland, New Zealand); Paraglider's parachute catches on crane (Chamonix, France); Man in truck struck by train (Memorial Day Weekend 1991. Onalaska, Wisconsin); Father and son on snowmobile fall through ice (February 1, 1990. Huntsville, Ontario)
Episode 326 (Folge 27)
Sendedatum: 1992-05-19
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Climbers tumble down glacier (May 13, 1989. Central Oregon); Dispatcher tries to convince a suicidal woman not to shoot herself (November 15, 1990. Kalama, Washington); Dog trapped in house fire (December 29, 1991. Vandalia, Illinois); Boy aids choking cousin (February 8, 1991. Downey, California)
Episode 309R (Folge 28)
Sendedatum: 1992-06-23
Laufzeit: 60 min
Übersicht: Skydiver's parachute lines become entangled (November 12, 1989. Frankfort, Indiana); Convenience store robbery (December 2, 1989. San Angelo, Texas); Woman injured while attempting to stop runaway car with children inside (May 15, 1990. Tecumseh, Oklahoma); Boy attacked by alligator (August 2, 1991. Refugio, Texas)
