Rescue 911
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.
Episodes
1Episode 201
60 minSep 11, 1990
Peeping Tom in apartment complex (October 9, 1986. Gainsville, Florida); Girl saves sister from fire (November 29, 1989. Dallas, Texas)
2Episode 202
60 minSep 18, 1990
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)
3Episode 203
60 minSep 25, 1990
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)
4Episode 204
60 minOct 2, 1990
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)
5Episode 208
60 minOct 9, 1990
6Episode 205
60 minOct 19, 1990
7Episode 206
60 minOct 30, 1990
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)
8Episode 207
60 minNov 5, 1990
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)
9Episode 209
60 minNov 17, 1990
10Episode 211
60 minNov 20, 1990
11Episode 210
60 minNov 27, 1990
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)
12Episode 212
60 minDec 4, 1990
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)
13Episode 213
60 minDec 18, 1990
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)
14Episode 214
60 minDec 24, 1990
15Episode 215
60 minJan 8, 1991
16Episode 216
60 minJan 15, 1991
17Episode 217
60 minJan 22, 1991
18Episode 218
60 minJan 29, 1991
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)
19Episode 219
60 minFeb 5, 1991
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)
20Episode 220
60 minFeb 12, 1991
21Episode 222
60 minMar 5, 1991
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)
22Episode 223
60 minMar 12, 1991
23Episode 221
60 minMar 19, 1991
24Episode 224
60 minMar 19, 1991
25Episode 225
60 minMar 26, 1991
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
26Episode 226
60 minApr 12, 1991
27Episode 227
60 minApr 16, 1991
28Episode 228
60 minApr 23, 1991
29Episode 229
60 minMay 14, 1991
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)
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