Original title
Rescue 911
Released
9/5/1989
Origin country
US
Genre
Documentary, Drama
Production companies
Arnold Shapiro Productions, CBS Entertainment Productions
Status
Returning series
Number of seasons
7
Number of episodes
185
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.
Flood waters overturn a bus and forty-three children swept away in flooded river (July 17, 1987. Comfort, Texas); A stabbing victim and a baby injured in a car accident are treated at Ben Taub Trauma Center (Houston, Texas); Family faces armed intruder (December 14, 1988. Arlington, Texas); other segment(s) unknown
Houston cardiac documentary (Houston, Texas); Arsonist plays phone tag with police (January 29, 1989. Houston, Texas); other segments unknown
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 hostage (August 1, 1987. Elkhart, Indiana); Documentary of New York City firefighters (July 4. New York, New York); Seven-Year-Old girl helps deliver her mother's baby (May 16, 1989. Bartow County, Georgia)
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 (May 1, 1989. Ramsey, New Jersey); Teenage car accident victim is treated at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center (Baltimore, Maryland); Teen touches power line with pool pole (May 27, 1989. Houston, Texas)
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, California); Prospector trapped underwater by boulder (Red River, California); Plane with stuck landing gear (March 12, 1985. St. Augustine, Florida); Burglar trapped in glass store calls 9-1-1 (May 19, 1989. Los Angeles, California)
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 undertow (May 24, 1989. Hamilton, Ohio); Documentary of three patients awaiting organ transplants at Presbyterian-University Hospital (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Girl swept down storm drain (June 26, 1989. Houston, Texas)
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. Glamis, California); Children burned in propane explosion (June 21, 1988. Ellicott, Colorado); Accident sends trucker plummeting over a 40 foot bridge and into a swamp (August 11, 1988. Atchafalaya Swamp, Louisiana)
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 robbed at home (February 12, 1989. San Dimas, California); Apartment Fire (San Francisco, California); Girl is accosted by a child molester outside a bowling alley (April 30, 1988. Hayward, California)
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 falls off cliff (August 16, 1989. Amarillo, Texas); Elderly couple lost at sea (January 19, 1989. Charleston, South Carolina)
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 (Phoenix, Arizona); Car accident with downed power lines (July 20, 1989. US Highway 50 in Nevada); Girls lost in the Rocky Mountains (June 10, 1989. Arapahoe, Colorado)
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 paramedics hostage (October 18, 1985. West Windsor, New Jersey); Husband must deliver wife's baby (September 3, 1989. Huntington Beach, California)
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 maneuver on choking bother (April 24, 1989. Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Rescuers search for missing girl (July 31, 1987. Chesterfield, Virginia)
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 Monoxide fumes (November 6, 1988. Skokie, Illinois); Santa Catalina Rescue: a scuba diver surfaces too fast, needing in the hypobaric chamber (May 14, 1989. Santa Catalina Island, California); Baby Toss: A woman must toss eight babies from her top floor burning apartment (February 9, 1989. Washington, D.C.)
Dynamite explodes in construction worker's hand (August 17, 1989. Western Washington); Ex-convicts rob a winery (September 1988. Brookfield/New Milford, Connecticut)
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 has heart attack while driving car (February 14, 1989. Jackson, Mississippi)
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 speedboat (August 12, 1989. St. Louis, Missouri); Documentary of a New Orleans police officer (New Orleans, Louisiana)
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, 1987. Mount Whitney); Paramedics pick up elderly women involved in a car accident and a man stabbed with a barbecue fork (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
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, leaving three men adrift at sea (October 16, 1989. Bradenton, Florida); Paramedics from Denver General Hospital pick up victims involved in a drunk driving accident (October 15, 1989. Denver, Colorado)
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, Michigan); Husband must deliver wife's baby (September 3, 1989. Huntington Beach, California); Woman pulls man from burning car (June 10, 1988. Northern California); 4-year-old boy calls 911 when his mother chokes on a cough drop (October 10, 1989. Van Nuys, California) Other stories briefly highlighted in this episode: The flooding of the Guadalupe River; Construction works trapped upside down in a collapsed cherry picker; A firefighter who saved a boy from a flooded arroyo; A woman who was stabbed by an intruder; A woman trapped in her smoke-filled house; A boy who called 911 when his sister was accidentally shot; A boy who preformed the Heimlich maneuver on his choking brother; A family's encounter with an armed intruder
Girl accidentally stabs brother (December 1989. Atlanta, Georgia); Prisoners escape by taking four paramedics and prison personnel hostage (April 13, 1988. Nashville, Tennessee); Girl run over by school bus (November 28, 1989. Smyrna, Delaware)
Peeping Tom in apartment complex (October 9, 1986. Gainsville, Florida); Girl saves sister from fire (November 29, 1989. Dallas, Texas)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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)
Toddlers trapped in sinking car (November 30, 1990. Conroe, Texas); Man lies unconcious on subway tracks (September 7, 1987. New York, New York)
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 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)
Van rear-ends log truck (October 23, 1990. Russellville, Arkansas); Boy accidentally hangs himself (February 24, 1991. Ruston, Louisiana)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Pipe bomb is discovered under a vehicle behind college dorm (May 18, 1991. Lawrence, Kansas)
Baby attacked by fire ants (April 7, 1991. Macon, Georgia); Woman trapped in burning apartment (January 8, 1991. South River, New Jersey)
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)
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)
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)
Teen pinned under truck (October 17, 1991. Stillwater, Oklahoma); Rescue 911 episode causes to family to realize there is a gas leak in their house (December 19, 1989. St. Louis, Missouri); Siblings aid their choking great-grandmother (March 10, 1992. Salcedo, Missouri); Teenager accidentally shoots himself (September 24, 1991. Fairfax, South Carolina); Boy calls 911 when his father falls down the stairs (April 20, 1990. Indianapolis, Indiana) This episode also includes letters from viewers who were able to save lives or prevent accidents using what they had learned from watching Rescue 911. These included a woman who found a faulty wire in her child's bedroom after seeing a episode of Rescue 911 dealing with fire safety; A woman who performed CPR on her husband when he had a heart attack in a swimming pool; A father who did rescue breathing on his daughter after she drowned; A boy who called 911 when his mother was attacked by hornets; And a man who delivered his wife's baby and knew
Skiers caught in avalanche (February 19, 1990. East Layton, Utah); Car thief shoots Idaho trooper (June 15, 1991. Southern Idaho); A boy injured in a bike accident and shooting victim are treated at a Los Angeles children's hospital
Woman hides from burglar under a blanket (March 18, 1992. Salt Lake City, Utah); Girl's night gown catches fire (December 1991. Hemet, California); Paramedics respond to a car accident involving a drunk driver (Las Vegas, Nevada); Man accidentally cuts wrist with power saw (September 10, 1991. Rancho Cordova, California); Girl performs CPR on her drowned brother (July 16, 1991. Westerville, Ohio)
Russian immigrant falls from cliff (April 7, 1991. Sutton, Massachusetts); M-80 firecracker explodes in boy's hand (October 30, 1991. Fresno, California); Three-year-old girl carried away on runaway dog sled (December 24, 1991. North Pole, Alaska); Shooting victim is taken to Jackson Memorial Medical Center (December 5, 1991. Miami, Florida)
Ultralight crashes into cliff above lake (August 17, 1991. Las Vegas, Nevada); Toddler bitten by rattlesnake (March 8, 1992. Pinellas Park, Florida); Teen collapses after inhaling scotch-guard and butane (February 8, 1990. Kaysville, Utah); Dalmatian falls into drain pipe (February 3, 1991. Rosemead, California)
Girl swept away in mountain creek (June 11, 1991. Golden, Colorado); Bus loses breaks on hill (August 15, 1990. Montana); Family of ten poisoned by carbon monoxide (November 7, 1991. Roseville, Minnesota); Paramedic in Santa suit delivers baby (December 24, 1991. Winston Salem, North Carolina)
New Years Eve documentary follows police as they track an armed robber to a residential home (December 31, 1991. New Orleans, Louisiana); Girl on snow tube hits tree (February 13, 1988. Laramie, Wyoming); Pregnant woman hemorrhages (May 9, 1992. Fontana, California); Man pinned under car (July 15, 1990. Guthrie, Kentucky)
Horse falls into canyon (May 17, 1992. California Sierras); Man shoots wife (May 28, 1991. Ontario, Canada); Teenager falls from tree (Thanksgiving 1988. Salmon, Idaho)
Skier hits tree (March 4, 1989. Great Barrington, Massachusetts); Police respond to a drive-by shooting (August 4, 1991. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Boy chokes on game piece (April 12, 1992. Honeoye Falls, New York); Fire chief saves dog trapped in house fire (July 6, 1992. St. Augustine, Florida)
A man hits his head while sliding down a rock, leaving him unconscious in a mountain pool (August 26, 1991. Angel Falls in California); Masked gunmen rob supermarket (April 18, 1992. Roseville, California); Airline passenger chokes on meat (May 28, 1990); Two-year-old drowns in pool (June 30, 1992. Englewood, Colorado)
Hang glider crashes into forest (July 30, 1989. Sauratown Mountain near Winston Salem, North Carolina); Woman shot by neighbor (August 19, 1991. Indianapolis, Indiana); Dog bitten by rattlesnakes (September 7, 1992. Loveland, Colorado); Girl falls from hotel balcony (April 10, 1992. Gulf Shores, Alabama)
Man electrocuted by hedge-trimmers (August 10, 1991. Cincinnati, Ohio); Teen hit in head by stray softball (May 8, 1992. Hickory, Pennsylvania)
Horse trapped in overturned trailer (January 27, 1992. Independence, Ohio); Man stabs girlfriend on neighbor's porch (July 3, 1992. Wolcott, Connecticut); Boy trapped in trunk (August 31, 1992. Brookfield, Connecticut); Man accidentally shot in heart by nail gun (February 22, 1992. El Cajon, California)
Man trapped in wrecked car under downed power lines (April 14, 1992. Murray, Kentucky); Witness pursues bank robber (March 11, 1992. Ottawa, Ontario); Sixth grade teacher collapses and student performs CPR (September 14, 1992. Bremerton, Washington); Patients receive organ transplants at Presbyterian University Hospital (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Diver inhales water 60 feet underwater (October 11, 1992. Florida Keys); Officer wounded in shootout (July 6, 1991. Provo, Utah); Boy's clothes catch in moving escalator (January 20, 1993. Calgary, Alberta); Woman goes into labor at home (April 25, 1992. Lawrenceville, Georgia)
Man falls 60 feet while ice-climbing (February 5, 1992. Ouray, Colorado); Mother and children trapped in burning apartment (September 17, 1991. Lago Vista, Texas); Boy cuts arms on broken window (March 13, 1992. Grants Pass, Oregon); Woman has heart attack in movie theater (November 1, 1992. Austin, Texas)
Man bitten by poisonous snake (August 31, 1991. Mareeba, Queensland, Australia); Boy injured by lawnmower (June 7, 1991. Mountain Grove, Missouri); 12-year-old boy needs heart transplant (Alpine, Texas); Woman goes into labor during blizzard (December 12, 1992. East Hartford, Connecticut)
Girl run over by school bus (November 4, 1991. Blountville, Tennessee); Baby drowns in bleach bucket (November 21, 1990. Lebanon, Oregon); Girl on bicycle hit by car (October 9, 1989. Cheltenham, Pennsylvania); A boy scalded by hot grease and girl who ingested lamp oil are treated at Children's National Medical Center (Washington, D.C.)
Truck crash frees 10 million bees (June 4, 1990. Douglas, Georgia); Suicidal woman takes hostages so police will shoot her (July 21, 1992. Beaumont, Texas); Dog trapped in dryer vent (Christmas Holidays. Tualatin, Oregon); Mother finds her baby girl face down in the bathtub (June 10, 1991. Walla Walla, Washington)
Teens in car hit by train (November 11, 1991. Seymour, Iowa); Man struck by lightning (September 5, 1991. Lakeside, California); Man discovers a bobcat in his house (March 25, 1993. San Clemente, California); Child chokes on penny (October 1990. Northlake, Illinois)
Crash victim trapped in burning car while his wife goes into labor (March 21, 1991. Clackamas County, Oregon); Robber takes restaurant employees hostage (March 5, 1992. Greenville, North Carolina); Dog alerts neighbors when toddler falls in river (July 6, 1992. Colorado River); A victim of a motorcycle accident is a treated at a San Diego hospital (January 26, 1992. San Diego, California)
Man falls into gorge (June 29, 1992. White River Junction, Vermont); Dump truck carrying hot asphalt overturns on occupied car (April 23, 1990. Grafton, West Virginia); 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)
Missing girl is discovered clinging to the back of a moving truck (March 28, 1993. Walconda, Illinois); Cop shot while on patrol (November 13, 1991. Dallas, Texas)
Boy drives ATV over embankment (July 1, 1992. Holland, Ohio); Woman at home alone reports intruders (December 30, 1991. Knoxville, Tennessee); Boy pinned by tool box (March 24, 1993. Hamlet, Indiana); Child diagnosed with aplastic anemia needs bone marrow transplant (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Christmas tree catches fire, trapping family in basement (December 20, 1992. Dover-Foxcroft, Maine); Toddler impaled through throat with toothbrush (January 12, 1993. Germantown, Maryland); Girl stops runaway car when her mother collapses at the wheel (July 1, 1993. Sacramento, California); First grader saves his friend who chokes on candy (February 22, 1993. Arcola, Mississippi)
Two women in suburban stranded in flooded river (May 9, 1993. Gainesville, Texas); Girl calls 911 for ailing mother with endometriosis (February 7, 1992. South Bend, Indiana); Boy gets tongue stuck in canteen (June 16, 1993. Union, Maine); A boy who fell from a barn roof is treated at Kosair Children's Hospital (August 13, 1993. Louisville, Kentucky)
Snowmobiler falls through thin ice (December 19, 1992. Minnetrista, Minnesota); Members of the Acadian Air Med service pick up a victim of a speedboat accident and a child burned by hot grease (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Sisters at home alone report intruder (December 22, 1992. Lexington, North Carolina); Firefighter has heart attack (July 26, 1991. Kilgore, Texas)
Girls, after dialing the wrong number, call an elderly man with chest pains during Christmas; Farmer/Doctor has a hay bail fall on him; Child accidentally starts Chirstmas tree fire; Intruder gets stuck in the chimney (January 4, 1993. Oceanside, California)
Uncertified scuba Diver runs out of air (Seattle, Washington); A stabbing victim and a father and son injured in a motorcycle accident are treated at the University of Louisville Hospital and Kosair Children's Hospital (August 13, 1993. Louisville, Kentucky); Kindergartner calls 911 when she returns home and her parents are not there (January 15, 1993. Owosso, Michigan); Paramedics come across an injured man who is the grandfather of a patient they are transporting to the hospital (June 12, 1992. Shelbyville, Tennessee)
Mother trapped on burning boat after it explodes (June 21, 1991. San Diego, California); Teenager shoots himself after a fight with his dad (March 11, 1993. Helendale, California); Domestic violence suspect shoots police dog (February 25, 1992. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada); Dispatcher chokes on candy while alone in office (September 11, 1990. Mathews, Virginia)
Boy collapses in gym class (October 29, 1992. Nyack, New York); Documentary of a Norwegian family who donated their daughters organs after she died in a car accident (beginning on July 5, 1993. Las Vegas, Nevada)
Girl trapped under car in muddy ditch (April 5, 1992. Mobile, Alabama); Teenager hits his head while diving into a lake and becomes paralyzed (March 4, 1990. Lake Jewel, Florida); Woman bitten by barracuda (July 9, 1993. Islamorada, Florida); Neighbor performs CPR on a toddler who drowned in a swimming pool (August 16, 1993. Burlington, Vermont)
Man unconscious in burning house (December 13, 1992. Rogers, Arkansas); Four-year-old boy chokes on peas (August 23, 1993. Calgary, Alberta, Canada); Water truck runs over boy on rollerblades (July 20, 1992. Corona, California); Teenager collapses after inhaling butane (April 11, 1992. Tulsa, Oklahoma)
Suspect stabs police dog (March 8, 1993. Modesto, California); Pig trapped in burning house (October 14, 1993. The Dalles, Oregon); A poodle and a horse are treated at a U.C. Davis animal medical center (July 30, 1993. Davis, California); Stray puppy trapped in storm drain (July 27, 1993. Corpus Christi, Texas)
Two boys electrocuted at pool (May 30, 1993. Pembroke Pines, Florida); Fireman falls through ceiling into burning house (August 30, 1993. Tulsa, Oklahoma); Dog chokes on ball (September 7, 1993. Presque Isle, Maine); Boy sustains head injury from ATV accident (August 16, 1989. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
Boy and father attacked by crocodile (May 1, 1986. Zimbabwe, Africa); Cop crashes into tree while pursuing speeding car (April 2, 1993. Austin, 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)
Toddler drowns in hot tub (September 9, 1993. Laguna Niguel, California); Mother trips and spills hot grease on her 2-year-old daughter (June 17, 1993. Hingham, Massachusetts); Boy injured in an ATV accident is treated at the Kapiolani Medical Center For Women And Children (February 1994. Waianae, Hawaii); Girl pinned by garage door goes into cardiac arrest (March 15, 1991. Tarzana, California)
Snowboarder loses control and flies over hillside (January 11, 1992. Peru, Vermont); Girl falls and cuts her neck and chest on a broken glass (December 28. Dana Point, California); Teenager gets plaster mask stuck to face (April 16, 1992. Lincoln, Nebraska); Car hits pickup with girl riding in truck bed (August 18, 1993. Ontario, California)
Girl pinned underwater by snowmobile (March 6, 1993. Rome, New York); Woman in rural cabin attacked by intruder (March 21, 1992. Scarborough, Maine); Boy accidentally stabs himself with scissors (August 13, 1992. Cincinnati, Ohio); Woman has heat stroke while hiking in desert (July 7, 1990. Las Vegas, Nevada)
Windsurfers 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)
Hang 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)
Teenager 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)
Girl 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)
Dog 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)
Small 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)
Children 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)
Mule 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)
Toddler 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)
Boy'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)
Boys 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)
Girl 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)
Injured 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)
Drunk 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)
Boy 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)
Construction 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)
Fireman 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)
Woman 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)
Siblings 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)
Elderly 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)
Boy 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)
Cop 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)
Killer 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)
Unsupervised 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)
Toddler 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)
Boy 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)
Snowboarder 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)
Two 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)
Toddler 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.)
Plane loses power in the dark (March 28, 1995. Albany, New York); Teenagers in car t-boned by school bus (December 9, 1994. Upper Marlboro, Maryland); Drugstore robbery (December 9, 1994. Fresno, California); Girl trapped in plaster body cast (September 25, 1989. San Jose, California)
Pet python locks onto woman's arm (March 27, 1995. Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Bystanders discover man in cardiac arrest in parking garage (June 23, 1994. Wheaton, Illinois); Robber abducts employee from fast food restaurant (November 3, 1993. Parkersburg, West Virginia); Boy call 911 on cell phone when his mother passes out in the car (February 28, 1995. Deltona, Florida)
Teenager falls from cliff (April 26, 1994. Port Angeles, Washington); Teenage diver with the bends (July 28, 1991. Muncie, Indiana); Semi truck's container falls on car and knocks the driver unconscious (March 2, 1994. Turner Turnpike in Oklahoma); Iguana falls from tree into swimming pool (February 10, 1995. Beverly Hills, California)
State trooper and fiancée injured in head-on collision (Powhatan, Virginia); Man does rescue breathing on his wife when she has an asthma attack (February 27, 1995. Deerfield, New Hampshire); Car goes off road and crashes into whitewater river (June 14, 1995. Longmont, Colorado); Three children stuck at the top of a 60-foot high pine tree (June 23, 1995. Boynton Beach, Florida)
Police search for a missing transplant recipient when a donor kidney becomes available for her (June 24, 1995. San Francisco, California); Boy overcome by freon fumes drowns in fishing boat's refrigerated water system (June 20, 1993. New Jersey); Two officers on patrol wounded in shootout (July 30, 1992. Phoenix, Arizona); Girl gets tongue stuck in bottle (May 6, 1995. Clayton, North Carolina)
Blind woman in traffic accident; Scuba diver runs out of air; Suicidal man threatens to jump from bridge; last segment unknown
Boy severely cuts arm on window glass (May 2, 1994. Saint Paul, Minnesota); Man electrocuted while trying to fix dishwasher (August 15, 1994. Evanston, Wyoming); Beached humpback whale (November 1, 1993. Santa Barbara, California); Store manager gets fingers stuck in safe (March 8, 1995. Richmond, Virginia)
first segment unknown; Man has heat stroke while dirt biking in desert (July 10, 1994. Phoenix, Arizona); Teenage girl falls 200 feet down mountainside and waterfalls (February 26, 1994. Issaquah, Washington); Collie alerts family when baby stops breathing (June 19, 1993. Trotwood, Ohio)
Band member electrocuted by guitar (April 25, 1995. Lexington, Kentucky); other segments unknown
Irate man with bomb and gun takes hostages in library (March 5, 1994. Salt Lake City, Utah); Woman has premature baby in car (April 11, 1995. Cope, South Carolina); Couple on snowmobile falls into glacier fissure (June 21, 1991. Iceland); Pet lizard locks onto toddler's thumb (April 25, 1995. Quarryville, Pennsylvania)
Fleeing suspect shoots police dog (January 20, 1995. Tucson, Arizona); Boy trapped under the dirt and root-span of a fallen tree stump (June 2, 1995. Franklinton, Louisiana)
Baby stops breathing in crowded parking garage (Saginaw, Michigan); Toddler alone in runaway car (January 21, 1995. Irvine, Kentucky); 13-year-old girl calls 911 when intruders break into her house (July 9, 1993. Surrey, British Columbia, Canada); Documentary follows premature baby's stay at the neo-natal intensive care unit at Children's Hospital (November 15, 1994. Akron, Ohio)
Couple injured in dune buggy crash (June 4, 1995. Stanford, Kentucky); Toddler stuck in pool filter (June 27, 1995. Sacramento, California); Para glider's parachute catches on tram line (June 6, 1994. Aspen, Colorado); Officer discovers abandoned baby while investigating domestic violence call (Spring 1994. Highland Township, Michigan)
Teenage boy pinned under tractor; First grader gets her finger stuck in desk (Bangor, Maine); Fleeing suspect shoots police dog (January 20, 1995. Tucson, Arizona); Boy trapped under the dirt and root-span of a fallen tree stump (June 2, 1995. Franklinton, Louisiana)
Boy stops school bus when the driver collapses (October 3, 1995. Saint Louis, Missouri); Four children hit by a car are treated at University Medical Center (July 6, 1995. Las Vegas, Nevada); Water-skier on kneeboard slams into trees (October 26, 1991. North Little Rock, Arkansas); Baby opens door and falls from moving pickup (April 15, 1995. Loves Park, Illinois); Boy collapses in snow while trying to walk home in sub-zero temperatures (January 18, 1994. Detroit, Michigan)
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