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 (Temporada 2)
Episode 201 (Episodio 1)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-09-11
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Peeping Tom in apartment complex (October 9, 1986. Gainsville, Florida); Girl saves sister from fire (November 29, 1989. Dallas, Texas)
Episode 202 (Episodio 2)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-09-18
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Divers trapped in underwater cave (May 19, 1990. Gainsville, Florida); Man shot over seven times (January 17, 1989. Fresno, California); Heart transplant on a newborn baby (1987. Vancouver, Canada/Loma Linda, California)
Episode 203 (Episodio 3)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-09-25
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Magician falls forty feet from burning rope (September 22, 1989. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Woman shot by ex-husband (June 16, 1989. El Cajon, California); Girl dangles from ski lift (January 1990. Ogden, Utah); Electrocuted Bear (August 14, 1989. Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Episode 204 (Episodio 4)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-10-02
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Woman trapped in burning car (April 26, 1990. Osage City, Kansas); Man holds his four-year-old son hostage (May 10, 1990. Tampa, Florida); Boys struck by lightning (July 24, 1987. Gulfport, Mississippi); Woman at home alone pinned against wall by sofa screams for help (February 11, 1990. Beaverton, Oregon)
Episode 208 (Episodio 5)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-10-09
Duración: 60 min
Episode 205 (Episodio 6)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-10-19
Duración: 60 min
Episode 206 (Episodio 7)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-10-30
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Elderly woman goes into shock after being bitten by a black widow spider (June 2, 1990. Las Vegas, Nevada); Father and children trapped in burning trailer (November 19, 1988); Man with car phone tails bank robber (April 11, 1990. Miami, Florida); Child drowns while fishing in a pond (April 29, 1990. Rushville, Indiana)
Episode 207 (Episodio 8)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-11-05
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Three teenagers stranded on cliff (November 20, 1988. Pacoima, California); Prospector trapped underwater by boulder (Red River, California); Escaped prisoner takes paramedic hostage (May 3, 1982. Essex, Vermont); Babysitter tries to save choking toddler (June 16, 1990. Loveland, Ohio)
Episode 209 (Episodio 9)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-11-17
Duración: 60 min
Episode 211 (Episodio 10)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-11-20
Duración: 60 min
Episode 210 (Episodio 11)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-11-27
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Occupants of truck stranded on flooded road (August 15, 1990. Phoenix, Arizona); Teenager sustains severe head injury after a car crash (April 27, 1989. Manassas, Virginia); K-9 unit searches for missing woman (September 6, 1987. Elizabethtown, Kentucky)
Episode 212 (Episodio 12)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-12-04
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Dispatcher instructs parents how to do CPR when their son has an asthma attack (March 1, 1990. Omaha, Nebraska); Cop crashes during pursuit after dreaming that his wife was killed in a car accident (April 4, 1988. Knoxville, Tennessee); Man drowns in river (April 28, 1990. Arlington, Virginia); A stabbing victim and a baby injured in a car accident are treated at Ben Taub Trauma Center (Houston, Texas)
Episode 213 (Episodio 13)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-12-18
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Logger's find abandonned newborn baby (December 7, 1989. Klamath Falls, Oregon); Dog being strangled by phone cord calls 911 (July 19, 1990. Ridgecrest, California); Chief firefighter suffers a heart attack (May 21, 1990. New Canaan, Connecticut); Man in Santa suit saves choking boy (December 13, 1988. Phoenix, Arizona)
Episode 214 (Episodio 14)
Fecha de emisión: 1990-12-24
Duración: 60 min
Episode 215 (Episodio 15)
Fecha de emisión: 1991-01-08
Duración: 60 min
Episode 216 (Episodio 16)
Fecha de emisión: 1991-01-15
Duración: 60 min
Episode 217 (Episodio 17)
Fecha de emisión: 1991-01-22
Duración: 60 min
Episode 218 (Episodio 18)
Fecha de emisión: 1991-01-29
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horseback rider hits tree (January 7, 1990. Mount Pleasant, Texas); Undertow carries woman and rescuers out to sea (January 15, 1990. Port Saint Lucie, Florida); Cleveland's Metro Life Flight helicopter transports car accident victims to the hospital (Valley City, Ohio); Dispatcher has stroke (August 21, 1990. Kingsland, Georgia)
Episode 219 (Episodio 19)
Fecha de emisión: 1991-02-05
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Boaters carried toward Niagara Falls (August 24, 1988. Ontario, Canada); Dispatcher tries to convince a suicidal man with a shotgun not to kill himself (August 16. Seattle, Washington); Vet documentary (July 23, 1990. Boston, Massachusetts)
Episode 220 (Episodio 20)
Fecha de emisión: 1991-02-12
Duración: 60 min
Episode 222 (Episodio 21)
Fecha de emisión: 1991-03-05
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Hang glider stranded in frigid waters (October 23, 1988. Lincoln City, Oregon); Hiker falls 25 feet (August 28, 1988. Maquoketa Caves State Park, Iowa); Cleveland's Metro Life Flight transports victims injured at a stock car race to the hospital (July 28, 1990. Amherst, Ohio); Boy calls 911 for ailing mother (July 14, 1990. New Brunswick, New Jersey)
Episode 223 (Episodio 22)
Fecha de emisión: 1991-03-12
Duración: 60 min
Episode 221 (Episodio 23)
Fecha de emisión: 1991-03-19
Duración: 60 min
Episode 224 (Episodio 24)
Fecha de emisión: 1991-03-19
Duración: 60 min
Episode 225 (Episodio 25)
Fecha de emisión: 1991-03-26
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Man bitten by pet cobra (November 20, 1989. Miami, Florida); Man falls over 200 feet into cave (October 28, 1990. Rural Alabama); Other segments unknown
Episode 226 (Episodio 26)
Fecha de emisión: 1991-04-12
Duración: 60 min
Episode 227 (Episodio 27)
Fecha de emisión: 1991-04-16
Duración: 60 min
Episode 228 (Episodio 28)
Fecha de emisión: 1991-04-23
Duración: 60 min
Episode 229 (Episodio 29)
Fecha de emisión: 1991-05-14
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: News reporters in helicopter pursue armed robbery suspect (February 9, 1988. Denver, Colorado); Parents must do CPR on their baby after she drowns in a swimming pool (July 28, 1990. Keller, Texas); Officer and civilian try to save occupants of burning car (May 30, 1990. Santa Ana, California)
