Rescue 911

Season 2 (29 Episodes)

7 Seasons1990TV-PG1h 00m7.5

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.

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Season 2 Episodes:

Episode 1 Sister Save

1. Sister Save

Aired: Sep 11, 1990

Two sisters are trapped in a bedroom in a burning house while being babysat, ...

Episode 2 Divers Trapped

2. Divers Trapped

Aired: Sep 18, 1990

Three young men are trapped in a cave near Gainesville Florida; heart transpl...

Episode 3 Magician Falls

3. Magician Falls

Aired: Sep 25, 1990

A magician falls 40 feet during a performance; rescue of a child dangling fro...

Episode 4 Woman Burning Car

4. Woman Burning Car

Aired: Oct 2, 1990

Woman trapped in burning car (April 26, 1990. Osage City, Kansas); Man holds ...

Episode 6 Elderly Spider Bite

6. Elderly Spider Bite

Aired: Oct 19, 1990

A woman dials 911 after being bitten by a black widow spider; a man tries to ...

Episode 7 Teenagers Cliff

7. Teenagers Cliff

Aired: Oct 30, 1990

Elderly woman goes into shock after being bitten by a black widow spider (Jun...

Episode 8 Paramedics Hit

8. Paramedics Hit

Aired: Nov 5, 1990

Three teenagers stranded on cliff (November 20, 1988. Pacoima, California); P...

Episode 11 Dispatcher CPR

11. Dispatcher CPR

Aired: Nov 27, 1990

Occupants of truck stranded on flooded road (August 15, 1990. Phoenix, Arizon...

Episode 12 Abandoned Boy

12. Abandoned Boy

Aired: Dec 4, 1990

Dispatcher instructs parents how to do CPR when their son has an asthma attac...

Episode 13 Snowmobile Crash

13. Snowmobile Crash

Aired: Dec 18, 1990

Logger's find abandonned newborn baby (December 7, 1989. Klamath Falls, Orego...

Episode 18 Boy Lost Woods

18. Boy Lost Woods

Aired: Jan 29, 1991

Horseback rider hits tree (January 7, 1990. Mount Pleasant, Texas); Undertow ...

Episode 19 Tubing Accident

19. Tubing Accident

Aired: Feb 5, 1991

Boaters carried toward Niagara Falls (August 24, 1988. Ontario, Canada); Disp...

Episode 21 Hang Glider Stranded

21. Hang Glider Stranded

Aired: Mar 5, 1991

Hang glider stranded in frigid waters (October 23, 1988. Lincoln City, Oregon...

Episode 25 Mother CPR

25. Mother CPR

Aired: Mar 26, 1991

Man bitten by pet cobra (November 20, 1989. Miami, Florida); Man falls over 2...

Info about Rescue 911

Current Status: Ended

Network: CBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Documentary