William Shatner hosts this television show, featuring dramatic reenactments of situations leading to emergency calls to 9-1-1.
In this early example of police-based reality TV hosted by William Shatner, we are treated to reenactments of real-life 911 rescues. Recordings of the actual calls, interspersed with interviews with the paramedics and other rescue workers, provide a vivid look at the life-or-death dramas that occur every day.
Aired: Apr 18, 1989 Eight-year-old Laura Hollingsworth and her daddy are awakened at 6AM to the s...
2. Icy River/Arsonist/Highway Hero/Sudden Death/Dog Rescue
Aired: May 9, 1989Rescuers search for missing girl (July 31, 1987. Chesterfield, Virginia) 8-ye...
Aired: Sep 5, 1989 Cherry picker on bridge fails leaving construction workers hanging 140 feet a...
Aired: Sep 12, 1989 High school football player goes into cardiac arrest; Helicopter rescue of a ...
Aired: Sep 19, 1989 A boy is trapped in a deep shaft. Relatives and others use a helicopter to se...
Aired: Sep 26, 1989 A boy drowns when his arm is caught in a swimming pool drain; A fire leaves p...
Aired: Oct 3, 1989 Toddler falls into narrow hole (April 24, 1986. Colts Neck, New Jersey); Heli...
Aired: Oct 10, 1989 A toddler falls into a feed chute full of grain; Police officers get stuck in...
Aired: Oct 17, 1989 A girl is accidentally shot when no adults are at home; A former NFL player d...
Aired: Oct 20, 1989 An auto racer is trapped in a burning car after a high-speed crash; a police ...
Aired: Oct 27, 1989
Aired: Nov 7, 1989 Funny car explodes (July 22, 1989. Denver, Colorado); Helicopter pilots use i...
Aired: Nov 14, 1989 A shot is heard over the phone on a three way emergency call between a woman,...
14. Seattle Cop/Gas Leak Hero/Catalina Island Rescue/Baby Fire Rescue
Aired: Nov 28, 1989A Seattle Policeman is critically wounded; an elderly couple in Skokie are kn...
Aired: Dec 12, 1989 Woman shot by mentally ill brother (July 20, 1989. Dallas, Texas); New Years ...
Aired: Dec 19, 1989 A chemistry teacher fails to rush a smoking beaker outside before it explodes...
Aired: Jan 2, 1990 Dynamite explodes in construction worker's hand (August 17, 1989. Western Was...
Aired: Jan 9, 1990
Aired: Jan 19, 1990 Washington DC firefighters attempt to revive children pulled from a burning h...
Aired: Jan 26, 1990
Aired: Feb 8, 1990
Aired: Feb 27, 1990 Fighter pilot crashes into runway at air show (April 24, 1988. El Toro, Calif...
Aired: Feb 28, 1990 Search and rescue teams search a mountain for a little boy was separated from...
Aired: Mar 10, 1990
Aired: Mar 17, 1990
Aired: Mar 27, 1990 Intruder in a deaf mother's house (October 25, 1989. Chattanooga,Tennessee); ...
Aired: Apr 3, 1990 A telemarketer calls a residence and is alarmed at a suicidal message left on...
28. Dispatcher Distracts Burglar
Aired: Apr 10, 1990Parrot alerts sleeping family of gas leak (September 23, 1983. East Boston, ...
Aired: Apr 23, 1990
Aired: Apr 28, 1990
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Current Status: Ended
Network: CBS
Production Country: United States
Genres: Documentary
