List of Rescue 911 episodes
The following is a list of episodes of the CBS television series Rescue 911. Unless indicated, segment titles are as they appeared in 1990s TV listings (e.g., as compiled by Fancast) when Rescue 911 aired in syndication. Titles denoted with an asterisk (*) were obtained from other sources, and may be incorrect.
Specials
Special #1 (April 18, 1989)
- Pilot Episode
- The segments may not have been presented in the order listed
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Church Bus" |
July 17, 1987 |
Comfort, Texas |
Helicopters attempt to rescue a bus load of children stranded in the flooded Guadalupe River |
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"Houston Trauma Docu" |
n/a |
Houston, Texas |
A stabbing victim and a baby injured in a car accident are treated at Ben Taub General Hospital (Docu segment) |
Ben Taub Trauma Center on Google Street View |
"Arlington" |
December 14, 1988 |
Arlington, Texas |
An intruder breaks into a girl's house and attempts to kill her brother and father |
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"Baby Fire Rescue" |
February 9, 1989 |
Washington, D.C. |
A babysitter must toss 8 babies out the window during an apartment fire |
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Special #2 (May 9, 1989)
- Second Pilot Episode
- The segments may not have been presented in the order listed
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Icy River" |
December 4, 1987 |
Moorhead, Minnesota |
A boy falls into the frozen Red River |
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"Sudden Death" |
1989 |
Houston, Texas |
Houston paramedics respond to calls involving patients in cardiac arrest (Docu segment) |
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"911 Arsonist" |
January 29, 1989 |
Houston, Texas |
A youth sets a house on fire, then calls 911 repeatedly to taunt the police |
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"Dog Rescue" |
July 31, 1987 |
Chesterfield, Virginia |
An 8-year-old girl is abducted and stabbed while fishing. Actress Hillary Bost played abducted girl Joanna Chinnis (Reaired on Episode 1.13 on December 12, 1989) |
Hillary Bost |
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"Highway Hero" |
March 23, 1987 |
Timonium, Maryland |
A high-speed chase on Interstate 83 involving a suicidal woman who sped head-on into oncoming traffic |
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Season 1
- Season 1 consists of 30 episodes (29 original episodes and 1 compilation episode).
- This was the first season to use the 1985 CBS Entertainment Productions logo.
- This was the only season to have the 1984 CBS Broadcast International logo nicknamed "The Lined Globe".
- This was the first season to use the 1989-1991 Arnold Shapiro Productions logo in which the text reads "An ARNOLD SHAPIRO Production In Cooperation With"
Episode 1.1 (September 5, 1989)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Arroyo Boy" |
June 10, 1988 |
Albuquerque, New Mexico |
A teenage boy is swept into a floodwater channel while skateboarding, and a firefighter gets swept away trying to save him |
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"Parachute" |
April 18, 1987 |
Coolidge, Arizona |
Debbie Williams, a sky diver, collides in mid-air and is knocked unconscious |
Director Chris Pechin's storyboards |
"Supermarket Hostage" |
August 1, 1987 |
Elkhart, Indiana |
Employees and customers at a supermarket are taken hostage during a robbery
Weapon Involved: Revolver |
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n/a |
July 4, 1989 |
New York, New York |
New York City firefighters respond to a fire on the Fourth of July (Docu Segment) |
Fire location on Google Street View |
"911 Birth" |
May 16, 1989 |
Cobb County, Georgia |
A woman gives birth while home with her young daughter |
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Episode 1.2 (September 12, 1989)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
n/a |
May 15, 1989 |
Jacksonville, Florida |
The rope holding a bucket used for an inspection of the Dames Point Bridge fails |
Bridge on Google Street View |
"CPR Baby" |
May 16, 1988 |
Xenia, Ohio |
An infant stops breathing following a seizure |
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"Conrail Train" |
May 1, 1989 |
Ramsey, New Jersey |
Two young boys are nearly hit by a train |
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"Maryland Med (Chad)" |
n/a |
Baltimore, Maryland |
A teenager is in a car accident (Docu Segment) |
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"Pool Electrocution" |
May 27, 1989 |
Houston, Texas |
A teen touches a power line with a pool vacuum pole |
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Episode 1.3 (September 19, 1989)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Player Down" |
November 7, 1986 |
Springdale, Arkansas |
A teen suffers cardiac arrest during a high school football game |
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"Air Five" |
July 1, 1989 |
Los Angeles, California |
Helicopter crew aids a man who fell off a cliff (Docu Segment) |
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"American River" |
1982 |
American River, California |
A man is pinned underwater by a boulder |
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"Landing Gear" |
March 12, 1985 |
St. Augustine, Florida |
A plane's landing gear gets jammed |
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"Remorseful Burglar" |
May 19, 1989 |
Los Angeles, California |
A burglar calls 911 when he gets trapped inside a glass store |
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Episode 1.4 (September 26, 1989)
Episode 1.5 (October 3, 1989)
Episode 1.6 (October 10, 1989)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Pool Child" |
July 6, 1988 |
New Iberia, Louisiana |
A boy gets stuck in a pool drain |
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"Atlanta Fire" |
June 30, 1989 |
Georgia |
A fire in a high-rise office building |
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"911 Break-In Boy" |
June 6, 1986 |
Salinas, California |
Two children at home alone hide from an intruder |
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"Baltimore Cops" |
February 18, 1989 |
Baltimore, Maryland |
A restaurant employee is murdered (Docu segment) |
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"Highway Hero" |
March 23, 1987 |
Timonium, Maryland |
A high-speed chase on Interstate 83 (repeat from the second pilot episode) |
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Episode 1.7 (October 17, 1989)
Episode 1.8 (October 24, 1989)
Episode 1.9 (October 31, 1989)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"911 Rifle" |
August 1, 1989 |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
A girl is accidentally shot by her father's gun
Weapon Involved: .30-30 lever action rifle |
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"Double Football Player" |
May 27, 1989 |
Murfreesboro, Tennessee |
Former NFL player Jerry Anderson dies while saving a boy from drowning |
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n/a |
October 26, 1987 |
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania |
A 16-year-old boy rescues small children in a house fire |
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"Sudden Death" |
1989 |
Houston, Texas |
Houston paramedics respond to calls involving patients in cardiac arrest (Docu segment) (repeated from second pilot episode) |
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Episode 1.10 (November 7, 1989)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Funny Car" |
July 22, 1989 |
Denver, Colorado |
Drag racer Don Gay Jr.'s funny car explodes during a race |
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"Infrared" |
July 18, 1989 |
Fort Worth, Texas |
Police helicopter uses flir device to track a fleeing burglar |
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"Dirt Bike Boy" |
August 16, 1989 |
Amarillo, Texas |
A boy on a dirt-bike falls off a 30-foot cliff |
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"Stranded Octos" |
January 19, 1989 |
Charleston, South Carolina |
An elderly couple on a fishing boat is lost at sea for five days |
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Episode 1.11 (November 14, 1989)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"911 Under the Bed" |
August 21, 1989 |
Los Angeles, California |
A teen on the phone with 911 hides under the bed when intruders enter her house |
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"Phoenix Aerovac" |
n/a |
Phoenix, Arizona |
Helicopter crew picks up a young girl kicked in the face by a horse (Docu segment) |
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"Double Electrocution" |
July 20, 1989 |
Fallon, Nevada |
An accident on US 50 knocks down power lines, one of the victims is severely electrocuted, and a bystander attempting to save him is also electrocuted. |
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n/a |
June 10, 1989 |
Castle Rock, Colorado |
Two girls are missing at Devil's Head Lookout |
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Episode 1.12 (November 28, 1989)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Smart Victim" |
May 5, 1989 |
Tucson, Arizona |
When a woman is assaulted in her home, she sneaks a call to 911 when pretending to be on the phone with her job. |
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"Heart Attack Hubby" |
July 1, 1989 |
Kingwood, Texas |
A dispatcher's husband goes into cardiac arrest while she is on duty, and she receives the call |
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n/a |
October 19, 1985 |
West Windsor, New Jersey |
An arrested man feigns a heart attack, then takes an ambulance crew as hostages |
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"911 Dad's Baby" |
September 3, 1989 |
Huntington Beach, California |
A man must deliver his wife's baby with the help of a 911 operator |
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Episode 1.13 (December 12, 1989)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"911 Conference Call" |
July 20, 1989 |
Dallas, Texas |
A mentally ill man shoots his sister and threatens other family members
Weapon Involved: Revolver |
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"Puerto Rico" |
December 31, 1986 |
San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Dupont Plaza Hotel arson |
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"Heimlich Brothers" |
April 24, 1989 |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
A boy does the Heimlich maneuver on his choking brother just hours after learning it |
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"Dog Rescue" |
July 31, 1987 |
Chesterfield, Virginia |
An 8-year-old girl is abducted and stabbed while fishing. Actress Hillary Bost played abducted girl Joanna Chinnis(repeat from the second pilot episode) |
Hillary Bost |
Episode 1.14 (December 19, 1989)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Seattle Cop Down" |
May 15, 1989 |
Seattle, Washington |
Good Samaritans aid a wounded police officer and help police to track down the shooters |
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"Gas Leak Hero" |
November 6, 1988 |
Skokie, Illinois |
An elderly man and woman are poisoned by carbon monoxide |
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"Catalina Diver" |
May 14, 1989 |
Santa Catalina Island, California |
A scuba diver surfaces too quickly and gets the bends |
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"Baby Fire Rescue" |
February 9, 1989 |
Washington, D.C. |
A babysitter must toss 8 babies out the window during an apartment fire (repeat from the pilot episode) |
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Episode 1.15 (January 2, 1990)
[30-Minute Episode]
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Dynamite" |
August 17, 1989 |
Whatcom County, Washington |
A stick of dynamite explodes in a man's hand |
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"Rocking Chair" |
September 1988 |
Brookfield, Connecticut |
Two ex-convicts rob a family winery and then lead police on a high speed chase |
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Episode 1.16 (January 9, 1990)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Chemistry Hero" |
January 31, 1989 |
Durham, North Carolina |
A chemistry student accidentally creates an explosive compound and when his teacher rushes to get it out of the building, the beaker explodes in his face |
Event site on Google Street View |
"De-Fib Phone" |
n/a |
St. Louis, Missouri |
A home defibrillator is used for the first time ever to save a life |
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"Amtrak" |
January 4, 1987 |
Chase, Maryland |
An Amtrak passenger train crashes into three parked railroad cars Main article: Chase, Maryland rail wreck |
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"Arlington" |
December 14, 1988 |
Arlington, Texas |
An intruder breaks into a girl's house and attempts to kill her brother and father (repeat from the pilot episode) |
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Episode 1.17 (January 23, 1990)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Blind Hero" |
December 31, 1987 |
Novato, California |
A blind man's apartment catches fire, and he helps evacuate his neighbors |
Fire location on Google Street View |
"Runaway Garbage Truck" |
August 4, 1989 |
Frankfort, Kentucky |
A garbage truck being towed breaks loose and falls, crushing 3 occupied cars |
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"Motel Hostage" |
September 13, 1989 |
Richmond, Virginia |
A Red Roof Inn is robbed, and one of the suspects takes the clerk hostage |
Robbery location on Google Street View |
"Church Bus" |
July 17, 1987 |
Comfort, Texas |
Helicopters attempt to rescue a bus load of children stranded in the flooded Guadalupe River (repeat from the pilot episode) |
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Episode 1.18 (January 30, 1990)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Hugo I" |
September 21, 1989 |
Charleston, South Carolina |
A radio tower falls on an occupied house during Hurricane Hugo |
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"Woman Car Rescue" |
June 10, 1988 |
Northern California |
A major accident on Highway 4 leaves a man trapped in a burning car and a woman is the only one trying to save him |
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"Maryland Med" |
July 28, 1989 |
Baltimore, Maryland |
A young man paralyzed by diving into shallow water is treated at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center (Docu segment) |
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"911 Arsonist" |
January 29, 1989 |
Houston, Texas |
A youth sets a house on fire, then calls 911 repeatedly to confess (repeat from the second pilot episode) |
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Episode 1.19 (February 13, 1990)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Resurrection Rescue" |
August 13, 1988 |
Washington, D.C. |
Firefighters revive children pulled from a burning house |
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"Runaway Boxcars" |
October 3, 1985 |
Northville, Michigan |
Two runaway boxcars push an occupied car down train tracks and a cop risks his life trying to stop them |
Railroad crossing on Google Street View |
"Kidnapped Kids" |
April 16, 1989 |
Tyler, Texas |
A boy sees his friend get kidnapped while walking together and immediately runs home and has the friend's family and other friends and family call for help |
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"Supermarket Hero" |
April 19, 1989 |
Stafford, Virginia |
After a toddler puts a car in gear, a Giant Food employee is injured preventing a pregnant woman from getting injured |
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Episode 1.20 (February 27, 1990)
Episode 1.21 (February 28, 1990)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"911 3-Year-Old" |
October 10, 1989 |
Van Nuys, California |
A 3-year-old boy calls 911 when his mother is choking |
Emergency location on Google Street View |
"Hunting Horror" |
October 15, 1989 |
Enaville, Idaho |
A husband and wife are accidentally shot by a hunter
Weapon Involved: hunting rifle |
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n/a |
n/a |
Albuquerque, New Mexico |
Domestic Abuse Response Team counsels a family after a domestic disturbance (Docu segment) |
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"Senior Sharpshooter" |
November 9, 1989 |
Toledo, Ohio |
A woman uses a gun to scare an intruder |
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Episode 1.22 (March 13, 1990)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"911 Asthma" |
October 27, 1989 |
Holland, Michigan |
A woman does rescue breathing as instructed by a dispatcher when her husband has an asthma attack |
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"Pesky Python" |
August 1989 |
Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
A couple discovers a 20-foot python living under their house |
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"Octallio Death Trap" |
March 31, 1989 |
California |
A man hauling race car fuel crashes over a rocky precipice |
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"Virginia Beach EMS" |
n/a |
Virginia Beach, Virginia |
Volunteer paramedics treat accident victims (Docu segment) |
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Episode 1.23 (March 20, 1990)
[30-Minute Episode]
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Saint Save" |
n/a |
Taos, New Mexico |
A boy is lost in the mountains |
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"Denver General Knife" |
n/a |
Denver, Colorado |
Paramedics pick up a victim whose throat was slashed in a fight (Docu segment) |
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Episode 1.24 (March 27, 1990)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Deaf Save" |
October 25, 1989 |
Chattanooga, Tennessee |
A deaf woman must use her son as an interpreter to call police when an intruder breaks in |
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"Logger's Lament" |
August 10, 1989 |
Bellingham, Washington |
A lumberjack is pinned between two logs |
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"Speedboat Upside-Down" |
August 12, 1989 |
St. Louis, Missouri |
A flip leaves a speedboat racer trapped underwater |
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"New Orleans Docu Shoot" |
September 1, 1989 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
A female cop patrols some of the meanest streets of New Orleans (Docu segment) |
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Episode 1.25 (April 3, 1990)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"911 Hidden Phone" |
October 24, 1989 |
Taft, Florida |
An elderly man uses a hidden telephone in his trailer to call 911 after being shot by burglars |
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"Winter Pool" |
September 24, 1989 |
Claremont, California |
A toddler is found at the bottom of a water filled pool cover |
"Mount Whitney" |
July 25, 1987 |
Mount Whitney, California |
Two rock climbers are stranded on Mount Whitney after one breaks his leg |
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n/a |
July 29, 1987 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Paramedics treat an elderly woman who was hit by a car and a man who was stabbed with a barbecue fork (Docu segment) |
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Episode 1.26 (April 10, 1990)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Parrot Save" |
September 23, 1983 |
East Boston, Massachusetts |
A parrot alerts its owners of a gas leak during the East Boston gas surge |
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"Stop, Drop, and Roll" |
October 30, 1988 |
Pasadena, Texas |
A boy catches fire while playing with matches and gasoline |
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n/a |
October 16, 1989 |
Bradenton, Florida |
Three men are stranded at sea after their fishing boat fails |
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n/a |
October 27, 1988 |
Denver, Colorado |
Victims involved in a drunk driving accident are taken to Denver General Hospital (Docu segment) |
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Episode 1.27 (April 25, 1990)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Suicide Save" |
December 11, 1989 |
Tipton, Iowa, Tempe, Arizona |
A telemarketer reaches an answering machine with a seemingly suicidal message |
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"Miami Medchopper" |
n/a |
Miami, Florida |
Metro-Dade emergency helicopter picks up two victims shot in a restaurant robbery (Docu segment) |
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"Hugo II" |
September 21, 1989 |
Charleston, South Carolina |
Stories from Hurricane Hugo including a power outage at a hospital, a dispatcher and her son who were separated during the storm, and victims who sought refuge in a high school that began to flood. |
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Episode 1.28 (May 1, 1990)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"911 Chatty Burglar" |
December 19, 1989 |
Salt Lake City, Utah |
When a nurse is held hostage by an intruder at her patient's house, a 911 dispatcher takes control of the situation and talks to the burglar |
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"Whale Save" |
October 1, 1989 |
Prince Edward Island |
Several beached whales are rescued |
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"Rescuers Rescue" |
October 1, 1989 |
Macon, Georgia |
An ambulance en route to an emergency is in an accident |
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"Marble Save" |
November 14, 1989 |
Norfolk, Virginia |
A toddler chokes on a marble |
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Episode 1.29 (May 8, 1990)
- This was a compilation episode that revisited highlights from the first season
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Runaway Boxcars" |
October 3, 1985 |
Northville, Michigan |
Runaway boxcars push a car down a track |
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"911 Dad's Baby" |
September 3, 1989 |
Huntington Beach, California |
A man must deliver his wife's baby with the help of a 911 operator |
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"Woman Car Rescue" |
June 10, 1988 |
California |
A major accident on Highway 4 leaves a man trapped in a burning car |
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"911 3-Year-Old" |
October 10, 1989 |
Van Nuys, California |
A 3-year-old boy calls 911 when his mother is choking |
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Episode 1.30 (May 15, 1990)
Season 2
- Season 2 consists of 29 original episodes.
- This was the last season to use the 1985 CBS Entertainment Productions logo and the 1989-1991 Arnold Shapiro Productions logo.
- Starting with this season, the 1987 CBS Broadcast International logo was used.
Episode 2.1 (September 11, 1990)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Peeping Prowler" |
October 9, 1986 |
Gainesville, Florida |
Residents of an apartment call police on a suspicious man |
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"Sister Save" |
November 29, 1989 |
Dallas, Texas |
A house catches fire while two girls are being babysat |
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Episode 2.2 (September 18, 1990)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Scuba Cave" |
May 19, 1990 |
Gainesville, Florida |
Scuba divers are trapped in an underwater cave |
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"911 Gun Shop" |
January 17, 1989 |
Fresno, California |
A gun store owner is shot over nine times by armed robbers |
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"Loma Linda Docu" |
1987 |
Loma Linda, California Vancouver, British Columbia |
A newborn baby receives a heart transplant |
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Episode 2.3 (September 25, 1990)
Episode 2.4 (October 2, 1990)
Episode 2.5 (October 23, 1990)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Heart Attack Teacher" |
May 9, 1988 |
Tipp City, Ohio |
A teacher has a heart attack during study hall and two of his former students are the responding paramedics |
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"Philly Docu" |
July 1, 1990 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
A fire in a residential hotel leaves a man trapped on the tenth floor |
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"Yellow Jacket Attack" |
August 20, 1989 |
Norristown, Pennsylvania |
A man is stung by a hive full of yellowjackets, and suffers an allergic reaction. |
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"911 Baby Sitter Prowler" |
January 14, 1989 |
Beaverton, Oregon |
A babysitter calls 911 when prowlers try to break in |
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Episode 2.6 (October 30, 1990)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"911 Spider Bite" |
June 2, 1990 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
A woman suffers an allergic reaction to a bite from a black widow spider |
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"Trailer Fire" |
November 19, 1988 |
St. Maries, Idaho |
A neighbor comes to the rescue when a father and his children are trapped in a burning trailer |
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"911 Bank Rob Recovery" |
April 11, 1990 |
Miami, Florida |
A man follows a bank robber and calls 911 on his car phone |
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"Pond Boy" |
April 29, 1990 |
Rushville, Indiana |
A boy drowns while fishing |
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Episode 2.7 (November 6, 1990)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Pacoima Cliff Safe" |
November 20, 1988 |
Pacoima, California |
Three teens are stranded on a cliff |
Rescue site on Google Street View |
"American River" |
1982 |
Red River, California |
A man is pinned underwater by a boulder (repeat from Episode 1.3) |
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"Trading Places" |
May 3, 1982 |
Essex, Vermont |
A paramedic lets an escaped prisoner take him hostage so that he will release an elderly couple |
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"Hotdog Heimlich" |
June 16, 1990 |
Loveland, Ohio |
A boy chokes on a hot dog while being babysat |
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Episode 2.8 (November 13, 1990)
Note: It is believed the original airing of this episode included a segment about a man and his neighbors rescuing his infant son from their burning house, and that it was removed from all repeats of the episode and replaced with "Smoke-Filled House."
Episode 2.9 (November 20, 1990)
Episode 2.10 (November 27, 1990)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Phoenix Flood" |
August 15, 1990 |
Phoenix, Arizona |
A truck is stranded in the middle of a flooded wash |
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"Teen Car Crash" |
April 27, 1989 |
Manassas, Virginia |
A teen is seriously injured in a crash caused by joyriding |
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"Bingo" |
September 6, 1987 |
Elizabethtown, Kentucky |
A man shoots his wife and leaves her for dead |
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Episode 2.11 (December 4, 1990)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"911 Child Asthma" |
March 1, 1990 |
Omaha, Nebraska |
A boy stops breathing when he suffers an asthma attack at night |
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"Psychic Cop" |
April 4, 1988 |
Knoxville, Tennessee |
A cop dreams that his wife dies in a car wreck, and then he crashes during a pursuit |
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"Potomac River" |
April 28, 1990 |
Arlington, Virginia |
A man drowns while trying to walk across a river |
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"Houston Trauma Docu" |
n/a |
Houston, Texas |
A stabbing victim and a baby injured in a car accident are treated at Ben Taub General Hospital (Docu segment) (repeat from the Pilot episode) |
Ben Taub Trauma Center on Google Street View |
Episode 2.12 (December 18, 1990)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Loggers Baby" |
December 7, 1989 |
Klamath Falls, Oregon |
Two loggers find an abandoned baby in the wilderness |
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"Dialing Dog" |
July 19, 1990 |
Ridgecrest, California |
A dog gets tangled in a telephone cord while its owners are out of town, and calls 911 |
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"Firefighter Heart Attack" |
May 21, 1990 |
New Canaan, Connecticut |
A firefighter suffers a heart attack while driving a fire truck to an emergency |
Newspaper article about the incident: Page 1, Page 2 |
"Santa Save" |
December 13, 1988 |
Phoenix, Arizona |
A motorist dressed as Santa Claus performs the Heimlich Maneuver on a choking child |
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Episode 2.13 (January 1, 1991)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Snowmobile Save" |
March 17, 1989 |
Idaho |
A snowmobiler crashes into a tree |
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"Las Vegas Docu" |
December 31 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
The police on duty on New Years Eve |
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"Arm Save" |
October 24, 1989 |
Redlands, California |
A girl injures her arms when she falls through a window |
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"Cops Save Dog" |
December 14, 1989 |
Shelton, Connecticut |
A dog chokes on a toy ball |
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Episode 2.14 (January 8, 1991)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Sand-Tunnel Boy" |
July 4, 1990 |
Mattituck, New York |
A boy digs a tunnel in the sand on the beach, and it collapses on him |
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"Hurt Highway Lt." |
January 19, 1988 |
Greenwich, Connecticut |
A police officer is injured when struck by a car while guiding traffic |
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"Diabetic Dad" |
July 29, 1990 |
El Cajon, California |
A girl calls 911 when her father goes into insulin shock |
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"Washer Baby" |
February 21, 1987 |
Port St. Lucie, Florida |
A baby girl nearly drowns in a washing machine |
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Episode 2.15 (January 22, 1991)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
n/a |
May 4, 1990 |
Plainfield, Indiana |
A baby is missing after a car accident |
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"Fancy Dancer" |
July 29, 1988 |
St. Louis, Missouri |
A woman suffers a heart attack while at a dance club |
|
"Elvis Docu (Kid)" |
n/a |
Memphis, Tennessee |
A hanging victim is treated at Elvis Presley Memorial Trauma Center |
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"911 Choking Granny" |
January 16, 1990 |
Vancouver, Washington |
An elderly woman chokes on a dinner roll |
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Episode 2.16 (January 29, 1991)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Horseback Havoc" |
January 7, 1990 |
Mount Pleasant, Texas |
A horseback rider slams into a tree |
|
n/a |
January 15, 1990 |
Port Saint Lucie, Florida |
A woman is caught in a rip tide, along with two men who attempt to rescue her |
|
n/a |
|
Cleveland, Ohio |
Two people injured in an accident are taken by air ambulance to MetroHealth Medical Center |
MetroHealth Medical Center on Google Street View |
"Dispatcher Down" |
August 21, 1990 |
Kingsland, Georgia |
A dispatcher passes out during a party held at the dispatch center |
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Episode 2.17 (February 5, 1991)
Episode 2.18 (February 12, 1991)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Walkie Talkie Rescue" |
July 24, 1990 |
Vancouver, British Columbia |
A 63-year-old man falls 600 feet down a cliff and is not reached by rescuers for 19 hours |
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"Florida Keys Scuba" |
September 7, 1987 |
Florida Keys |
An elderly woman suffers a heart attack while scuba diving |
|
"Children's Docu" |
n/a |
Washington, D.C. |
Motorcycle accident |
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Episode 2.19 (February 19, 1991)
Episode 2.20 (February 26, 1991)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Motel Toddler Plunge" |
October 13, 1989 |
Hot Springs, Arkansas |
A boy falls out the window of a hotel room and lands in the lake |
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"Gas Leak Baby" |
July 9, 1990 |
Sherman, Texas |
A woman is overcome by natural gas from an unlit stove |
|
"Runaway Truck" |
January 14, 1984 |
Nova Scotia |
A truck loses its brakes while traveling down a mountain road |
|
"Mallard Madness" * |
June 17, 1990 |
Calgary, Alberta |
A duck gets a six pack ring stuck around its neck |
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Episode 2.21 (March 5, 1991)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Hypo Hang Glider" |
October 23, 1988 |
Lincoln City, Oregon |
A hang glider is blown into the ocean |
|
"Hurt Iowa Hiker" |
August 28, 1988 |
Maquoketa Caves State Park, Iowa |
A woman falls off a cliff and a boulder falls on her leg |
|
n/a |
July 28, 1990 |
Cleveland, Ohio |
Accident injury victims taken by air ambulance |
|
"Brain Hemorrhage" |
July 14, 1990 |
New Brunswick, New Jersey |
A 5-year-old boy calls 911 when his mother is losing consciousness. He is almost not believed because the operator who answered his call had received some prank calls from children earlier that day. |
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Episode 2.22 (March 19, 1991)
- Family Channel repeats of this episode included a repeat of the fire segment from Episode 1.9 as a filler segment to fill up the full hour time slot.
Episode 2.23 (March 26, 1991)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Cobra Chaos" |
November 20, 1989 |
Miami, Florida |
A man is bitten by his pet Albino Asian cobra |
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"Cave Save" |
October 28, 1990 |
Alabama |
Rescuers must rapel to reach a man who fell into a cave |
Behind the scenes article |
"Mailman Save" |
December 18, 1985 |
Redlands, California |
A 2-year-old boy puts a car in gear, and a mail carrier gives chase |
Event site on Google Street View |
n/a |
May 14, 1990 |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
A father stabbed by his son and a woman injured in a collision with a drunk driver are treated at Hennepin County Medical Center (docu segment) |
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"Rock Climber" * [2] |
May 12, 1990 |
Charlottesville, Virginia |
A man falls off a cliff and his teenage son administers first aid |
Article about the re-enactment on the Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad's website |
Episode 2.24 (April 2, 1991)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"5-Year-Old Dad Save" |
October 17, 1990 |
Palm Desert, California |
A man has a seizure in the presence of his 5-year-old daughter |
|
"Car Kidnap Baby" |
June 21, 1987 |
Lafayette, Louisiana |
A baby is kidnapped by the suspect who stole her mother's car |
|
"Austin Docu" |
September 23, 1990 |
Austin, Texas |
Domestic violence documentary |
|
"L.A. Superman" |
February 14, 1990 |
Los Angeles, California |
A drunk driver causes an accident that injures a girl |
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Episode 2.25 (April 10, 1991)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"911 Bathtub Baby" |
August 30, 1988 |
Layton, Utah |
A woman accidentally forgets about her baby in the bathtub |
|
"Sobering Save" |
September 30, 1990 |
Mountain Center, California |
A drunk driver crashes outside the home of two park rangers |
|
"Dog Saves Cop" |
February 19, 1989 |
Los Angeles, California |
A police dog is wounded in a shootout |
|
"Bike Boy" |
April 16, 1990 |
Ohio |
A bicyclist is hit by a car |
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Episode 2.26 (April 26, 1991)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"911 Break-In" |
November 1, 1990 |
Madera, California |
A child is home from school with an illness when an intrusion occurs |
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"Remarriage Rescue" |
January 1989 |
San Jose, California |
A boy is nearly killed in bike crash. Following his recovery, his divorced parents remarry. |
|
"ATV Barbed Wire" |
September 2, 1990 |
Nashville, Tennessee |
A man on an ATV is snared on a barbed wire fence |
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Episode 2.27 (April 30, 1991)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Terror in the Sky" |
September 9, 1984 |
St. Petersburg, Florida |
A pilot dies while flying a plane, and his wife, with no piloting skills, must take instructions via radio to land it |
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"Baby E.J.'s Burn" |
January 11, 1990 |
Reno, Nevada |
A toddler is badly burned when an electric frying pan of hot grease falls on him |
|
"Rocky Raccoon" |
November 17, 1990 |
Shreveport, Louisiana |
A raccoon gets its head stuck in a tree |
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Episode 2.28 (May 7, 1991)
Episode 2.29 (May 14, 1991)
Season 3
- Season 3 consists of 27 episodes (26 original episodes and 1 episode containing a mix of new and repeat segments).
- This was Richard Stone's final season as music composer. He had been with the show since Season 1.
- This was the first season to use Arnold Shapiro Production's new logo nicknamed "The Spotlight".
- This was the first season to use the 1989-1995 CBS Entertainment Productions logo.
Episode 3.1 (September 17, 1991)
- Production Number: 301H
- 30-minute episode
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Sinking Sisters" |
November 30, 1990 |
Conroe, Texas |
A car with two toddlers inside rolls into a pond |
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"Subway Save" |
September 7, 1987 |
New York, New York |
A man suffers an epileptic seizure and falls onto the New York Subway tracks See also: Wesley Autrey (hero in similar highly publicized incident) |
New York Times article on event |
Episode 3.2 (September 24, 1991)
Episode 3.3 (October 1, 1991)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Downhill Savior" |
January 12, 1990 |
Copper Mountain, Colorado |
A man suffers a heart attack while riding on the American Flyer lift |
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"Sister Saves Siblings" |
December 11, 1990 |
Blowing Rock, North Carolina |
Young siblings are caught in house fire |
|
"911 Placenta Previa" |
December 23, 1990 |
Austin, Texas |
A woman suffers a ruptured placenta during her 8th month of pregnancy |
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Episode 3.4 (October 8, 1991)
- Production Number: 306H
- 30-minute episode
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Log Pinned Baby" |
October 23, 1990 |
Russellville, Arkansas |
A minivan being driven by a woman with her two small children crashes into a log truck |
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"Best Buddy Rescue" |
February 24, 1991 |
Ruston, Louisiana |
A boy saves his best friend who accidentally hung himself on a rope swing |
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Episode 3.5 (October 15, 1991)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Runaway Carriage" |
January 27, 1991 |
Bushkill Township, Pennsylvania |
A man is injured while riding a carriage |
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"911 Stalker Save" |
May 17, 1990 |
Menlo Park, California |
A woman is assaulted by her obsessed stalker and it takes police hours to arrest the suspect |
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"Freeway the Fawn" |
May 19, 1991 |
San Diego, California |
A pregnant deer is struck by a car, and motorists stop to help her deliver her fawn |
|
"Garage Door Kid" |
September 25, 1984 |
Scottsbluff, Nebraska |
A boy gets stuck under a garage door and is suffocated |
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Episode 3.6 (October 29, 1991)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Lake Boy" |
December 20, 1990 |
Englewood, Colorado |
A boy falls into a frozen lake |
|
"911 Video Stabbing" |
July 11, 1988 |
Bedford, Indiana |
When a video store owner closes his store, he is stabbed by 4 robbers |
|
"Cincinnati Neonatal Docu" |
January 1, 1990 |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
Various events at University of Cincinnati University Hospital |
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Episode 3.7 (November 5, 1991)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Teen Gun Explosion" |
September 3, 1989 |
Newberg, Oregon |
A teen is critically injured when a rifle backfires on him and his friend |
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"Yellow Cab" |
March 28, 1991 |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
A middle aged couple is robbed in their house and one of the suspects tries to escape in a taxi |
"St. Pete Docu" |
July 15, 1990 |
St. Petersburg, Florida |
A head-on collision |
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Episode 3.8 (November 12, 1991)
- Production Number: 309
- The original broadcast of this episode was 45 minutes long and did not include the segment "911 Armed Robbery Recovery".
- "911 Armed Robbery Recovery" was first shown on an hour-long repeat of this episode (Production Number: 309R) that aired on June 23, 1992.
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Three Parachutes" |
November 12, 1989 |
Frankfort, Indiana |
A skydiver hits the ground after both his parachutes fail |
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"911 Armed Robbery Recovery" |
December 2, 1989 |
San Angelo, Texas |
A gunman robs a convenience store and leads police on a high-speed chase |
|
"Runaway Car" |
May 15, 1990 |
Tecumseh, Oklahoma |
A woman is run over while trying to stop a runaway car with children inside |
|
"Gator Gulch" |
August 2, 1991 |
Refugio, Texas |
A boy is attacked by an alligator while swimming in the Mission River |
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Episode 3.9 (November 19, 1991)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Wing Walker" |
June 15, 1991 |
Portland, Oregon |
A wing walker falls and dangles beneath the plane at an airshow |
|
"Russia Rescue" |
September 17, 1990 |
Magadan, Siberia, Galveston, Texas |
When a Russian boy is severely burned, American doctors reach out to help him |
|
"911 Rusty Burglar" |
July 11, 1991 |
Los Angeles, California |
A burglar is unable to get out of a restaurant after he breaks in through the ceiling |
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Episode 3.10 (November 26, 1991)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"N.Y. Double Roof Rescue" |
May 14, 1991 |
New York, New York |
Firefighters rescue two men using ropes suspended from the roof of a building |
Fire location on Google Street View |
"Oakland Docu" |
December 7, 1988 |
Oakland, California |
A cabbie is shot, and his location is unknown |
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"Back Seat Baby" |
May 3, 1990 |
Lake Charles, Louisiana |
A woman goes into labor, and her husband cannot get her to the hospital before she gives birth |
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Episode 3.11 (December 10, 1991)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Regatta Rescue" |
December 2, 1990 |
Sanford, Florida |
A man nearly drowns when his boat flips over and his leg gets caught in its steel cables |
|
"Brother Hostage" |
November 10, 1989 |
Newington, Connecticut |
A mentally ill man holds two men hostage, claiming they are his brothers who have broken the law |
|
"Running Senior Save" |
August 9, 1990 |
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania |
An elderly man collapses while running in a race |
|
"Freezer Tongue" |
August 16, 1991 |
Altoona, Pennsylvania |
A boy gets his tongue stuck in the freezer |
|
Episode 3.12 (December 17, 1991)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Plowed Under" |
January 11, 1988 |
Jackson, Wyoming |
An avalanche buries a snow plow with its operator inside |
|
n/a |
August 26, 1989 |
Fort Collins, Colorado |
A man is trapped in a burning pickup with a case of fireworks |
|
"Snowgirl Save" |
December 23, 1990 |
Elkins, West Virginia |
A young girl wanders outside and passes out in the snow |
|
Episode 3.13 (January 7, 1992)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
n/a |
April 11, 1990 |
Pekin, Illinois |
An ambulance crew is traveling during a non-emergency when they encounter a car being driven erratically, and they take action to stop the vehicle. It turns out it happened to be a mother who had suffered an epileptic seizure with a child inside. |
|
"Gas Thief" |
May 7, 1989 |
Tonopah, Nevada |
A police officer is shot while in a shootout with an escaped fugitive |
|
"5-Year-Old Saves Mom" |
May 6, 1991 |
Dearborn Heights, Michigan |
A woman suffers a gallbladder attack while home with her small children |
|
"San Francisco Docu" |
January 1, 1989 |
San Francisco, California |
New Years Eve documentary focuses on a shooting victim and a man who fell while cutting a Christmas tree |
|
Episode 3.14 (January 14, 1992)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"RN Rough River" |
July 3, 1990 |
Valdez, Alaska |
A raft capsizes with six vacationing nurses on it |
|
"Stop Drop II" |
February 12, 1990 |
Aurora, Illinois |
A boy's clothes catch fire when he pours gasoline on smoldering leaves |
|
n/a |
November 21, 1990 |
North Lauderdale, Florida |
A crash in the Everglades leaves a drunk driver in critical condition as his friend runs for help |
|
Episode 3.15 (January 24, 1992)
Episode 3.16 (January 28, 1992)
Episode 3.17 (February 4, 1992)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Go-Kart Girl" |
March 4, 1988 |
Lilburn, Georgia |
A truck hits two girls on a go-kart and one is critically injured |
|
"Ando the Dog" |
September 19, 1988 |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
A K-9 dog is shot when it saves a police officer from a gunman |
|
"Fireman Down" |
October 10, 1990 |
Santa Ana, California |
Firefighters are hit by a falling facade while fighting a tire store fire |
|
"6-Year-Old Hero" |
July 9, 1991 |
Evansville, Indiana |
A mother passes out while driving and her 6-year-old son stops the car |
|
Episode 3.18 (February 7, 1992)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"EMT Husband Save" |
August 23, 1989 |
South Orange, New Jersey |
A cop is shot by a burglar and his wife is a paramedic on the scene |
|
"Freon Freak" |
March 10, 1990 |
Kernersville, North Carolina |
A boy accidentally inhales freon from an air mattress |
|
"Pesky Python" |
August 1989 |
Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
A couple discovers a 20-foot python living under their house (Repeat from Episode 1.22) |
|
"Rescuers Rescue" |
October 1, 1989 |
Macon, Georgia |
An ambulance en route to an emergency is in an accident (Repeat from Episode 1.28) |
|
Episode 3.19 (March 3, 1992)
Episode 3.20 (March 17, 1992)
Episode 3.21 (March 24, 1992)
Episode 3.22 (April 7, 1992)
Episode 3.23 (April 28, 1992)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Ex-RN Son Save" |
June 24, 1987 |
Knoxville, Tennessee |
A retired nurse encounters a car accident and discovers that the crash victim is her son |
|
"911 My Baby Drowned" |
October 3, 1991 |
Merlin, Oregon |
A baby drowns in an above-ground pool |
|
"Tucson Victim Docu" |
November 4, 1990 |
Tucson, Arizona |
A restaurant employee becomes partially paralyzed following a shooting |
|
"Collapsed School Bus Driver" |
December 18, 1991 |
Dunnellon, Florida |
A boy on a school bus stops it after the driver passes out |
Newspaper article on the incident |
Episode 3.24 (April 29, 1992)
- Production Number: 324Q
- 15-minute episode
Episode 3.25 (May 5, 1992)
- Production Number: 304H
- 30-minute episode
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Fire Ant Trauma" |
April 7, 1991 |
Macon, Georgia |
A toddler suffers an allergic reaction when bit by fire ants |
|
"Spiderman Rescue" |
January 8, 1991 |
South River, New Jersey |
A woman refuses to escape from her burning apartment without her pets |
|
Episode 3.26 (May 12, 1992)
- International Edition
*Production Number: 325
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"New Zealand Tanker Fire" |
August 9, 1990 |
Auckland, New Zealand |
A tank truck explodes when it loses control, injuring a mother and daughter |
|
"French Parasailing" |
March 27, 1991 |
Chamonix, France |
A woman's parachute catches onto a crane while paragliding, leaving her dangling high above the ground. |
|
"Truck vs. Train" |
May 27, 1991 |
Onalaska, Wisconsin |
When the burglar alarm is set off at a fishing shop across the street, the owner is hit by a train while crossing the railroad tracks in his pickup truck. |
Map of accident location |
"Sinking Snowmobile" |
February 1, 1990 |
Huntsville, Ontario |
A snowmobile falls through the ice |
|
Episode 3.27 (May 19, 1992)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Mountain Glacier" |
May 13, 1989 |
Central Oregon |
Glacier explorers fall down a mountain |
|
n/a |
November 15, 1990 |
Kalama, Washington |
A dispatcher attempts to talk a woman out of suicide |
|
"Boomer's Rescue" |
December 29, 1991 |
Vandalia, Illinois |
A dog belonging to a girl battling cancer is trapped inside a burning house
Syndicated reruns show an update that she died (She was alive when the episode originally aired). |
|
"13-Year-Old Heimlich" |
February 8, 1991 |
Downey, California |
A girl chokes on cereal |
|
Season 4
- Season 4 consists of 28 original episodes (one of which was postponed from Season 3).
- Stu Goldberg became one of the show's music composers, and continued in that role until the show ended in 1996.
Episode 4.1 (September 15, 1992)
- "100 Lives Saved"
- Production Number: 401
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Good Samaritan Save" |
October 17, 1991 |
Stillwater, Oklahoma |
A teenage driver has an accident when distracted during driving |
|
"St. Louis Gas Save" |
December 19, 1989 |
St. Louis, Missouri |
A family suffers carbon monoxide poisoning and while at the hospital, Rescue 911 happens to be on with an episode of carbon monoxide poisoning, hinting them to rush home to the kids at the house. |
|
"Siblings Save Grandma" |
March 10, 1992 |
Salcedo, Missouri |
Two children perform the Heimlich maneuver on their great grandmother |
Newspaper article about the incident |
"Teen Bullet" |
September 24, 1991 |
Fairfax, South Carolina |
A boy playing with a gun accidentally shoots himself |
|
"Stevie Saves Dad" |
April 20, 1990 |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
A boy calls 911 when his father falls down a flight of steps |
|
Episode 4.2 (September 22, 1992)
Episode 4.3 (September 29, 1992)
Episode 4.4 (October 27, 1992)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Heroic Trucker" |
January 5, 1991 |
Columbus, Ohio |
A pregnant woman's pickup truck slides off an icy highway and ends up in a river |
|
"Garage Door Fire Pin" |
February 28, 1991 |
Glen Ellyn, Illinois |
Clothes under a dryer in a garage catch fire, and the flames short out the garage door opener button, trapping a young girl inside |
|
"Phoenix Flood II" |
August 22, 1992 |
Phoenix, Arizona |
A woman is stranded in her car in the middle of a flooded road |
|
"911 Toddler Glass Save" |
October 18, 1991 |
Fresno, California |
A girl rocking in a chair falls through a window |
|
Episode 4.5 (November 10, 1992)
Episode 4.6 (November 17, 1992)
- Women Heroes Edition
- Production Number: 408
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"911 Unwanted Intruder" |
March 18, 1992 |
Salt Lake City, Utah |
A woman is home alone when an intruder breaks in |
|
"Sister Stop, Drop, Roll" |
December 27, 1991 |
Hemet, California |
A girl saves her little sister when her nightgown catches fire at the kitchen stove |
|
n/a |
December 28, 1991 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
A man is killed and his best friend seriously injured when hit by a drunk driver |
|
"911 Woodshop Trauma" |
September 10, 1991 |
Rancho Cordova, California |
A man cuts his wrist with a power saw while building furniture |
|
"11-Year-Old CPR Save" |
July 16, 1991 |
Westerville, Ohio |
A toddler boy drowns in a swimming pool |
|
Episode 4.7 (November 24, 1992)
- Production Number: 405H
- 30-minute episode
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Security Bar Save" |
March 14, 1991 |
Detroit, Michigan |
Security bars over a window trap a family in a house fire |
|
"BB Gun Blast" |
September 12, 1989 |
Rio Vista, California |
A child's life is in danger from a BB gun wound |
|
Episode 4.8 (November 25, 1992)
Episode 4.9 (December 8, 1992)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Lake Mead Ultralight" |
August 17, 1991 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
An injured ultralight pilot is stranded on a lakeside cliff |
|
"Jungleland" |
March 8, 1992 |
Pinellas Park, Florida |
A child is bitten by a rattlesnake while his family is hiking through the woods |
|
"Sealant Overdose" |
February 8, 1990 |
Kaysville, Utah |
A boy goes into cardiac arrest from inhaling butane and fabric sealant |
|
"Sparkletts the Dalmatian" |
February 3, 1991 |
Rosemead, California |
A dog is rescued from a storm drain |
|
Episode 4.10 (December 15, 1992)
Episode 4.11 (December 22, 1992)
- Production Number: 404H
- 30-minute episode
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"ATV Big Brother" |
June 11, 1991 |
Fairbanks, Alaska |
A boy is injured while riding on an ATV |
|
"911 Kenny's Bathtub" |
November 21, 1991 |
Redondo, Washington |
A baby is accidentally left unattended in a bathtub |
|
Episode 4.12 (January 5, 1993)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
|
December 31, 1991;
January 1, 1992 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
An mugger flees to the home of a family (docu segment) |
|
"Snow Tubing Save" |
February 13, 1988 |
Laramie, Wyoming |
A girl becomes paralyzed in a snow tubing accident |
|
"911 Abrupta Placenta" |
May 9, 1992 |
Fontana, California |
A OB nurse has bleeding during her pregnancy |
|
"Toppled Trans AM" |
July 15, 1990 |
Guthrie, Kentucky |
A car rolls on top of a man who is working under it |
|
Episode 4.13 (January 12, 1993)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"The Helicopter Horse" |
May 17, 1992 |
Sierra Nevada, California |
A horse falls 300 feet into a canyon and a helicopter gets it out |
|
"Mother Shooting" |
May 28, 1991 |
Ontario, Canada |
A man tries to murder his wife in a case of domestic violence |
|
"Christmas Tree Fall" |
November 24, 1988 |
Salmon, Idaho |
A teenager falls while trying to cut a Christmas tree |
|
Episode 4.14 (January 19, 1993)
Episode 4.15 (January 26, 1993)
Episode 4.16 (February 2, 1993)
Episode 4.17 (February 9, 1993)
Episode 4.18 (February 16, 1993)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Maui Sand Trap" |
August 18, 1992 |
Maui, Hawaii |
A father and daughter are trapped in their car when a truck filled with sand falls on top of it |
|
"911 Bank Capture" |
February 6, 1991 |
Jacksonville, Florida |
A witness observes a bank robber during his getaway |
Robbery location on Google Street View |
"NY Animal Docu" |
February 20, 1992 |
New York, New York |
Various animals being treated at a veterinary clinic |
|
"911 Sucker Save" |
June 5, 1992 |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
A girl chokes on a lollipop |
|
Episode 4.19 (February 23, 1993)
- International Edition
- Production Number: 418
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"French Sky Diver" |
August 3, 1976 |
Normandy, France |
A skydiver is stuck to an airplane |
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"Venezuela Cave Save" |
July 13, 1991 |
Venezuela |
A diver gets lost in an underwater cave |
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"Alpine Ski Crevasse" |
April 4, 1991 |
Zermatt, Switzerland |
A skier falls into a crack |
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Episode 4.20 (March 2, 1993)
- Production Number: 419H
- 30-minute episode
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Hedge Trimmer Electrocution" |
August 10, 1991 |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
A man suffers electric shock from hedge trimmers |
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"Softball Slugger Save" |
May 8, 1992 |
Hickory, Pennsylvania |
A girl is hit in the head by a softball and knocked unconscious |
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Episode 4.21 (March 9, 1993)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Sister Abduction" |
December 15, 1991 |
Vista, California |
A girl watches her sister get kidnapped and has her dad call for help |
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"Falling Glass" |
December 23, 1991 |
Wilsonville, Oregon |
Loads of glass falls on top of a glass worker |
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"Insulin Shock Dad" |
June 10, 1992 |
Federal Way, Washington |
A man goes into insulin shock |
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"DUI Teen Driver" |
March 1, 1987 |
Los Gatos, California |
A teenager is in a drunk driving accident |
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Episode 4.22 (March 23, 1993)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Racehorse Rescue" |
January 27, 1992 |
Independence, Ohio |
A horse is trapped in an overturned horse trailer after the truck towing it crashes on a highway |
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"911 Stabbing/Shooting" |
July 3, 1992 |
Wolcott, Connecticut |
An abusive boyfriend stabs his girlfriend when she runs to a neighbor's house to get help, Later he is shot to death by a police officer |
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"911 Trunk Trapped Tot" |
August 31, 1992 |
Brookfield, Connecticut |
A 3-year-old boy locks himself in the trunk of his mother's car |
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"Nail Gun Heart" |
February 22, 1992 |
El Cajon, California |
A construction worker accidentally shoots his fellow worker in the heart with a nail gun |
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Episode 4.23 (March 30, 1993)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Big Bear Plane Crash" |
June 28, 1992 |
Big Bear Lake, California |
A small plane crashes following an earthquake |
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"Twin Drowning" |
March 4, 1992 |
Shawnee, Kansas |
A set of twins drown in a backyard pool |
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"Water-Monitor Mayhem" |
July 5, 1992 |
Miami, Florida |
A lizard is trapped in a car's engine |
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"911 Accidental Gunshot" |
April 18, 1992 |
Pinecrest, California |
A man is accidentally shot by his best friend |
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Episode 4.24 (April 13, 1993)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"High Voltage Save" |
April 14, 1992 |
Murray, Kentucky |
A man in a hurry to get to class crashes into power lines |
Newspaper article about the incident |
"911 Ottawa Bank Bust" |
March 11, 1992 |
Ottawa, Ontario |
A fleeing bank robber shoots at a witness and takes hostage |
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"6th Grade CPR" |
September 14, 1992 |
Bremerton, Washington |
A teacher suffers a heart attack while teaching and one of his students performs CPR to save his life |
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"Pittsburgh Transplant Doc II" |
July 27, 1990 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Organ transplant documentary |
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Episode 4.25 (May 4, 1993)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Dive Buddy Rescue" |
October 11, 1992 |
Florida Keys |
A diver drowns while underwater |
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"1033 Officer Down" |
July 6, 1991 |
Provo, Utah |
A police officer is shot in a shootout after he and another officer were trying to confront two other suspects |
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"Escalator Traps Boy" |
January 20, 1993 |
Calgary, Alberta |
A young boy gets his clothes stuck in an escalator at a train station and breaks his arm |
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"It's a Boy" |
April 25, 1992 |
Lawrenceville, Georgia |
A woman who goes into labor cannot make it to the hospital |
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Episode 4.26 (May 11, 1993)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Iceman Falleth" |
February 5, 1992 |
Ouray, Colorado |
An ice climber falls 60 feet while rappelling down |
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"Patrol Car Fire Save" |
September 17, 1991 |
Lago Vista, Texas |
A family is trapped in a burning second-floor apartment |
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"911 Jagged Edge Rescue" |
March 13, 1992 |
Grants Pass, Oregon |
A former Navy soldier and his father save a pre-teen boy when he cuts his arms from a broken window |
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"A Defib Runs Through It" |
November 1, 1992 |
Austin, Texas |
While seeing the movie A River Runs Through It in the movies, A elderly woman suffers a heart attack |
Cinema location on Google Street View |
Episode 4.27 (May 18, 1993)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Aussie Snakebite" |
August 31, 1991 |
Mareeba, Queensland |
A man is bitten by a deadly snake |
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"Riding Mower Rescue" |
June 7, 1991 |
Mountain Grove, Missouri |
A child is injured by a ride-on mower |
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"Mickey's Heart Transplant" |
June 25, 1992 |
Alpine, Texas |
A boy is awaiting a heart transplant |
|
"911 Blizzard Baby" |
December 12, 1992 |
East Hartford, Connecticut |
A woman gives birth during a blizzard |
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Episode 4.28 (May 25, 1993)
- Child Safety Edition
- Production Number: 427
Season 5
- Season 5 consisted of 28 episodes (26 original episodes and 2 compilation episodes).
- Starting with this season, the catchphrase "Mr. Shapiro step out of the car please" was added to the closing theme.
- In the Arnold Shapiro Productions "Spotlight" logo, the text reads "An ARNOLD SHAPIRO PRODUCTION in association with".
Episode 5.1 (September 14, 1993)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Swarm Save" |
June 4, 1990 |
Douglas, Georgia |
A truck accident frees a zillion honeybees and leaves an injured man trapped inside and a paramedic suffers an allergic reaction to the bee stings |
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"Convenience Store Hero" |
July 21, 1992 |
Beaumont, Texas |
A man impersonating a woman saves the day when a woman with a shotgun takes customers of a convenience store hostage |
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"Breakout Beagle" |
December 21, 1992 |
Tualatin, Oregon |
A dog gets it head stuck in a dryer vent |
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"Nurse's Bathtub Baby" |
June 10, 1991 |
Walla Walla, Washington |
A baby drowns in a bathtub |
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Episode 5.2 (September 21, 1993)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Train vs. Teens" |
November 11, 1991 |
Seymour, Iowa |
A car is hit by a train |
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"Lightning Husband" |
September 5, 1991 |
Lakeside, California |
A man is struck by lightning in his driveway |
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"Cat Burglar" |
March 25, 1993 |
San Clemente, California |
When a man goes downstairs to investigate a break in at his house, he finds that the intruder is a bobcat |
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"Penny Choke" |
October 1990 |
Northlake, Illinois |
A mentally challenged man performs Heimlich maneuver on his nephew when he chokes on a penny |
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Episode 5.3 (September 28, 1993)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"New Daddy Crash" |
March 21, 1991 |
Clackamas County, Oregon |
Two men rescue a firefighter critically injured in a car accident at the same time his wife who is pregnant with twins goes into labor |
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"Applebee's Hostage Crisis" |
March 5, 1992 |
Greenville, North Carolina |
A robber takes employees hostage at a restaurant |
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"Bella's Little Buddy" |
July 6, 1992 |
Colorado River |
A dog gets help when a toddler falls into a river |
Newspaper article about the incident Page 1, Page 2 Link to the episode online |
"San Diego Child Docu" |
January 26, 1992 |
San Diego, California |
Motorcycle accident |
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Episode 5.4 (October 22, 1993)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Quechee Gorge Rescue" |
June 29, 1992 |
White River Junction, Vermont |
A man falls off a cliff |
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"Asphalt Trap" |
April 23, 1990 |
Grafton, West Virginia |
Liquid asphalt spills out onto an occupied car |
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"Carbon Monoxide Family" |
November 4, 1992 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado |
After a couple call 911 for their ailing daughter, the fire department discovers the family has succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning |
Newspaper article on the incident |
"Where's My Wife" |
June 23, 1992 |
Napoleon, Indiana |
When a woman is missing, her husband goes searching for her and discovers that she had a car accident and responding firefighters are relatives of the woman |
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Episode 5.5 (October 26, 1993)
Episode 5.6 (November 2, 1993)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Anniversary Rafting Horror" |
May 17, 1992 |
Riggins, Idaho |
A group of people are thrown from their raft in the rapids |
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"Hayloft Hanging Hazard" |
March 1, 1993 |
Athol, Idaho |
A girl is accidentally hung while playing on a rope |
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"911 Peanut Heimlich" |
January 1, 1993 |
St. Catharines, Ontario |
A baby chokes on peanuts |
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"Motorcop Down" |
June 1, 1991 |
Reno, Nevada |
An officer crashes his police motorcycle during a high-speed chase |
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Episode 5.7 (November 9, 1993)
- Production Number: 509H
- 30 minute episode
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Bumper Baby" |
March 28, 1993 |
Wauconda, Illinois |
When a toddler is missing, drivers in other cars found her on the back of her dad's truck when he's on his way to work |
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"Dallas Cop Down" |
November 13, 1991 |
Dallas, Texas |
A Dallas cop is shot by an escaped juvenile detention center inmate |
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Episode 5.8 (November 16, 1993)
Episode 5.9 (November 23, 1993)
- "200 Lives Saved"
- Production Number: 507
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Christmas Ornament Fire" |
December 20, 1992 |
Dover-Foxcroft, Maine |
A burning Christmas tree traps a girl's family in their basement |
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"Toothbrush Trauma" |
January 12, 1993 |
Germantown, Maryland |
A boy gets a toothbrush impaled in his throat |
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"11-Year-Old Road Save" |
July 1, 1993 |
Sacramento, California |
A girl stops the car when her mother passes out behind the wheel |
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"Jolly Rancher Heimlich" |
February 22, 1993 |
Arcola, Mississippi |
A boy does the Heimlich maneuver when his classmate chokes on a piece of candy |
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Episode 5.10 (November 30, 1993)
Episode 5.11 (December 14, 1993)
Episode 5.12 (December 21, 1993)
- Production Number: 512
- This is the only episode in which the catchphrase "Mr. Shapiro, have a happy holiday" was used instead.
Episode 5.13 (January 4, 1994)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Uncertified Scuba Diver" |
n/a |
Seattle, Washington |
A diver runs out of air while underwater |
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"Louisville Docu II" |
August 13, 1993 |
Louisville, Kentucky |
Father and son injured in a motorcycle accident |
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"5-Year-Old Home Alone" |
January 15, 1993 |
Owosso, Michigan |
A 5-year-old girl comes home from school to find that her parents aren't home and calls 911 |
Newspaper article about the segment |
"Double Family Rescue" |
June 12, 1992 |
Shelbyville, Tennessee |
A ambulance transporting a toddler with a heart problem to the hospital discovers a car accident and the victim is the toddler's grandfather. |
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Episode 5.14 (January 11, 1994)
Episode 5.15 (January 18, 1994)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"San Diego Boat Blast" |
June 21, 1991 |
San Diego, California |
A boat explodes and catches fire, leaving a family in danger |
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"911 Suicide Son Save" |
March 11, 1993 |
Helendale, California |
A teen shoots himself after a fight with his dad |
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"Police Dog Down" |
February 25, 1992 |
Hamilton, Ontario |
A man shoots a police dog |
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"Mystery Dispatch" |
September 11, 1990 |
Mathews, Virginia |
The lone dispatcher on duty chokes on a piece of candy, and uses emergency sirens to call for help. |
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Episode 5.16 (January 25, 1994)
- Kid Heroes
- This compilation episode replayed some of the show's stories about kid heroes from past seasons.
Episode 5.17 (February 1, 1994)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Send in the Clowns" |
April 21, 1993 |
Portland, Maine |
A clown goes into cardiac arrest following a performance |
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"Boy Scout Treehouse Save" |
August 28, 1993 |
Jackson, Mississippi |
A boy falls out of a tree when he is building a treehouse |
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"Boxcar Boy" |
September 17, 1993 |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
A boy gets stuck inside a freight train |
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"A Work of Art" |
October 31, 1990 |
Odessa, Texas |
A boy chokes on an apple |
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Episode 5.18 (February 8, 1994)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Convertible Crash" |
June 28, 1991 |
Valdosta, Georgia |
A car gets caught underneath a moving tractor trailer |
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"Idaho Trauma Docu" |
September 3, 1993 |
Idaho Falls, Idaho |
Biking accident |
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"Special Olympian Hero" |
August 7, 1993 |
Ivoryton, Connecticut |
A cop goes into an allergic reaction after a bee sting and his Down's Syndrome brother gets help. |
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"Grandma's Breech Baby" |
August 3, 1993 |
Springfield, Tennessee |
A young woman gives birth at home |
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Episode 5.19 (March 8, 1994)
- Production Number: 518
- This episode was the normal 60 minutes, unlike other episodes with two segments. The second segment took up the last 45 minutes of the episode, with two commercial breaks.
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Track and Field Save" |
October 29, 1992 |
Nyack, New York |
A 13-year-old boy goes into cardiac arrest while running |
|
n/a |
July 5, 1993 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
A Norwegian family makes the decision to donate their daughter's organs after she is killed in an accident while on vacation (docu segment) |
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Episode 5.20 (March 10, 1994)
- Humorous Rescues
- This compilation episode replayed some of the show's humorous rescue stories from past seasons
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Freezer Tongue" |
August 16, 1991 |
Altoona, Pennsylvania |
A boy gets his tongue stuck in the freezer (from Episode 3.11) |
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"Rocky Raccoon" |
November 17, 1990 |
Shreveport, Louisiana |
A raccoon gets its head stuck in a tree (from Episode 2.27) |
|
"911 Rusty Burglar" |
July 11, 1991 |
Los Angeles, California |
A burglar is unable to get out of a restaurant after he breaks in through the ceiling (from Episode 3.9) |
|
"911 Dad's Baby" |
September 3, 1989 |
Huntington Beach, California |
A man must deliver his wife's baby with the help of a 911 operator (from Episode 1.12) |
|
"Laundry Chute Lad" |
May 3, 1992 |
Columbia, South Carolina |
A boy playing hide and seek gets stuck in a laundry chute (from Episode 4.3) |
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Episode 5.21 (March 15, 1994)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Mud Trap Rescue" |
April 5, 1992 |
Mobile, Alabama |
Girls are in a car accident, leaving one stuck in the mud. |
|
"Surfboard Save" |
March 4, 1990 |
Lake Jewel, Florida |
A teen injures his spinal cord from diving into a shallow part of a lake |
|
"Barracuda Barrage" |
July 9, 1993 |
Islamorada, Florida |
A woman gets a barracuda bite while her husband is fishing |
|
"Pool Neighbor Save" |
August 16, 1993 |
Burlington, Vermont |
A child drowns in a backyard pool |
|
Episode 5.22 (March 22, 1994)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Potpourri Fire Save" |
December 13, 1992 |
Rogers, Arkansas |
A man is trapped in a burning house |
|
"911 Pea Heimlich" |
August 23, 1993 |
Calgary, Alberta |
A boy chokes on peas |
|
"Rollerblade Rescue" |
July 20, 1992 |
Corona, California |
A water truck hits a boy on rollerblades on the boy's birthday |
Accident location on Google Street View |
"Butane Huffing" |
April 11, 1992 |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
A 15-year-old boy collapses from inhaling butane and dies |
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Episode 5.23 (March 29, 1994)
- Animal Rescues Edition
- Production Number: 521
Episode 5.24 (April 5, 1994)
Episode 5.25 (May 3, 1994)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"African Crocodile Attack" |
May 1, 1986 |
Zimbabwe |
A father and son are attacked by a crocodile |
|
"Austin Cop Collision" |
April 2, 1993 |
Austin, Texas |
A cop crashes during high-speed chase |
|
"911 Out on a Limb" |
October 16, 1993 |
Millville, Pennsylvania |
A boy and his mother are stuck in a tree |
|
"Hockey Havoc" |
March 14, 1992 |
Plattsburgh, New York |
An ice hockey player is seriously injured after a vicious open-ice body check |
|
Episode 5.26 (May 10, 1994)
- Child Safety Edition
- Production Number: 524
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"911 Son in Spa" |
September 9, 1993 |
Laguna Niguel, California |
A baby drowns in a hot tub |
|
"Speed Dial Burn Save" |
June 17, 1993 |
Hingham, Massachusetts |
A girl is burned when her mother accidentally spills hot grease on her face |
|
"Kapiolani Children's Hospital Doctor" |
February 1994 |
Waianae, Hawaii |
Documentary at Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women & Children |
|
"Garage Door Daughter" |
March 15, 1991 |
Tarzana, California |
A girl gets stuck in a garage door in the presence of a real estate agent |
|
Episode 5.27 (May 17, 1994)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Snowboarder Save" |
January 11, 1992 |
Peru, Vermont |
A man loses control while snowboarding and flies over a mountain side |
|
"911 Glass Cut Teen" |
December 28, 1993 |
Dana Point, California |
A girl suffering the flu trips, falls, and severely cuts her neck and chest on a drinking glass |
|
"Plaster of Peril" |
April 16, 1992 |
Lincoln, Nebraska |
A college art student gets a plaster mask stuck on his face and he gets his ex-girlfriend's father who is a orthodontist to get the mask off |
Union College on Google Street View |
n/a |
August 18, 1993 |
Ontario, California |
A girl is injured in an accident while riding in the bed of a pickup truck |
|
Episode 5.28 (May 24, 1994)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Snowmobile Sister Plunge" |
March 6, 1993 |
Rome, New York |
A girl riding a snowmobile falls into a creek and gets trapped underneath it |
|
"911 Don't Answer the Door" |
March 21, 1992 |
Scarborough, Maine |
An intruder breaks into the house of a woman who is home alone |
|
"Scissors Save" |
August 13, 1992 |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
A boy accidentally stabs himself while running with a pair of scissors |
|
"Heat Stroke Hiker" |
July 7, 1990 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
A woman passes out from the heat while hiking in a desert |
|
Season 6
- Season 6 consists of 29 episodes (25 original episodes, 3 episodes containing a mix of new and repeat segments, and 1 episode containing all repeat segments).
- This was the last season to use the 1989-1995 CBS Entertainment Productions logo.
Episode 6.1 (September 13, 1994)
Episode 6.2 (September 20, 1994)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Hang Glider Hovercraft Rescue" |
June 25, 1993 |
British Columbia |
A hang glider tied to a boat crashes |
|
"Bradley's Heimlich Save" |
July 12, 1993 |
Pensacola, Florida |
A boy with Down syndrome performs the Heimlich maneuver on his father |
|
"911 Runaway Car" |
August 29, 1993 |
North Carolina |
A car gets stuck at high speed and won't stop |
|
"911 Pregnant Tumbler" |
November 30, 1993 |
Lusby, Maryland |
A pregnant woman falls down a flight of steps |
|
Episode 6.3 (September 27, 1994)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Cliffhanger Rescue" |
March 21, 1994 |
Goreville, Illinois |
A teen falls while jumping across a narrow canyon |
|
"911 Wrong Way Delivery" |
January 8, 1994 |
San Antonio, Texas |
A pregnant woman goes into labor at home |
|
"New Zealand Shark Attack" |
April 24, 1992 |
Campbell Island, New Zealand |
A snorkeler is attacked by a shark |
|
"Choking Chihuahua" |
February 10, 1994 |
Buda, Texas |
A dog chokes on a marble |
|
Episode 6.4 (October 4, 1994)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Car Surfing Girl" |
September 17, 1992 |
La Marque, Texas |
A girl is injured while riding on the hood of a car and gets her leg stuck in the engine |
Accident location on Google Street View |
"Cardiac Controller" |
May 5, 1993 |
Seattle, Washington |
An air traffic controller has a heart attack while on duty |
|
"Circling Boat Rescue" |
May 28, 1994 |
Grove, Oklahoma |
A boy is trapped on a moving boat after his parents are thrown overboard |
|
"Sewer Pug Save" |
March 13, 1994 |
Houston, Texas |
A dog falls into a storm drain |
|
Episode 6.5 (October 11, 1994)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Slush Puppy" |
December 29, 1993 |
Missoula, Montana |
A dog falls through the ice and gets trapped in the freezing river |
|
"911 Trunk Lock" |
July 7, 1993 |
Gray, Louisiana |
Two girls get locked in the trunk of a car and succumb to heat exhaustion |
|
"Train Track Hero" |
March 22, 1994 |
Boca Raton, Florida |
A rear-end collision leaves a woman unconscious on railroad tracks as a train approaches |
Accident location on Google Street View |
"911 Christina's Call" |
February 23, 1992 |
Rock Hill, South Carolina |
A girl calls 911 when her abusive dad stabs her mom after an argument |
|
Episode 6.6 (October 18, 1994)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
n/a |
January 19, 1991 |
Killington, Vermont |
A plane crashes in a freezing remote mountain area when its wings ice up |
|
"Teen Night Asthma" |
November 12, 1993 |
Milford, Ohio |
A teenage girl has a severe asthma attack |
|
"Go-Kart Mishap" |
November 6, 1993 |
Wichita Falls, Texas |
A boy gets injured after a go-kart crash |
|
"Greco-Roman Rescue" |
December 2, 1993 |
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania |
A teenage wrestler is injured during a match |
|
Episode 6.7 (October 25, 1994)
Episode 6.8 (November 1, 1994)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Indian Runner Rescue" |
February 1992 |
Mexico |
A rider is thrown from a mule |
|
"Erianger Medical Center Documentary" |
October 2, 1993 |
Chattanooga, Tennessee |
Erlanger Medical Center documentary |
|
"Underage Teen Driver" |
August 6, 1993 |
Chillicothe, Missouri |
Underage Girls are in a car accident, leaving one with a bloodied face and the other critically injured. |
|
"Dog Leash Struggle" |
April 15, 1994 |
Dutton, Virginia |
A dog leash strangles a girl |
|
Episode 6.9 (November 8, 1994)
Episode 6.10 (November 15, 1994)
- Women Heroes Edition
- Production Number: 609
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Pontoon Boat Save" |
July 15, 1993 |
Bull Shoals, Arkansas |
A boy's life jacket catches onto a pontoon boat's propellor. |
|
"Fire Sister Save" |
June 11, 1994 |
Brooklyn, New York |
A woman gets trapped inside her burning home and her sister is a responding paramedic |
|
"Victorville Bank Bust" |
January 24, 1992 |
Victorville, California |
A dangerous high-speed chase following a bank robbery |
|
"Mom Sleeping Like a Pig" |
March 28, 1994 |
Denton, Texas |
A woman has an allergic reaction to antibiotics |
|
Episode 6.11 (November 22, 1994)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Footfault Avalanche" |
February 15, 1993 |
Deerfield, New York |
Two kids are trapped in an avalanche |
|
"Slick Cat Save" |
April 1994 |
Bowie, Maryland |
A cat is stuck in a ventillation system |
|
"Pickup Truck Heroes" |
August 8, 1994 |
Hammond, Indiana |
A girl is run over by a pickup truck when it crashes through a convenience store |
|
"911 Silent Intruder" |
July 11, 1994 |
Lafayette, California |
A woman mistakes a mannequin in her house for an intruder |
|
Episode 6.12 (December 13, 1994)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Bullet Wound Neighbor" |
May 12, 1994 |
Ackworth, Iowa |
A man accidentally shoots his neighbor's daughter on his farm while trying to scare away a dog |
|
"Austin Documentary" |
May 1994 |
Austin, Texas |
Domestic violence documentary |
|
"Morro Bay Submerged Car" |
May 20, 1993 |
Morro Bay, California |
A woman is trapped inside her car when it falls into a canal |
|
"911 Bath Trapped Mommy" |
August 25, 1992 |
Arlington, Texas |
A woman is trapped in the bathroom when the lock on her door malfunctions |
|
Episode 6.13 (December 20, 1994)
- Christmas Edition
- Production Number: 612
Episode 6.14 (January 3, 1995)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Repentant Drunk Driver" |
January 28, 1992 |
Lafayette, Ohio |
A drunk driver kills a man and seriously injures a woman. Following the accident, he corresponds with the disabled woman while incarcerated and speaks to others about his experience. |
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"Jackson Memorial Documentary" |
May 16, 1994 |
Miami, Florida |
A group of children injured in an accident are treated at Jackson Memorial Hospital (Docu segment) |
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"911 Honeybee Horror" |
August 23, 1994 |
Robstown, Texas |
A tractor runs over a beehive, unleashing a swarm of angry bees at the driver |
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"Carbon Monoxide Cop" |
November 11, 1993 |
Prairie Village, Kansas |
A cop and his family are poisoned by carbon monoxide |
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Episode 6.15 (January 10, 1995)
Episode 6.16 (January 17, 1995)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Glass Crash Rescue" |
June 28, 1994 |
Silver Spring, Maryland |
Glass falls on a worker and badly cuts his arm |
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"911 Ham Heimlich" |
June 24, 1994 |
Cayuga, North Dakota |
A baby chokes on ham |
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"NY Animal Hospital Doc II" |
1994 |
New York, New York |
Various animals being treated |
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"Sand Embankment Avalanche" |
September 25, 1993 |
St. Leo, Kansas |
A boy is buried by a sand avalanche |
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Episode 6.17 (January 24, 1995)
Episode 6.18 (January 31, 1995)
Episode 6.19 (February 7, 1995)
- Children Heroes Edition
- Production Number: 617
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
n/a |
July 22, 1993 |
Joliet, Illinois |
A woman trapped in burning house |
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"Bathtub Seizure" |
October 28, 1994 |
Oakland, California |
A boy finds his mom having a seizure in a bathtub |
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"Stop Drop 'n Treehouse" |
November 22, 1993 |
Oceanside, California |
A boy's clothes catch fire in a treehouse by a candle |
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"911 Brittany's Brave Call" |
January 22, 1994 |
Palmdale, California |
A man goes into insulin shock |
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Episode 6.20 (February 14, 1995)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
n/a |
January 26, 1994 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
An elderly woman goes into cardiac arrest while on an airplane |
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"Look Both Ways" |
August 10, 1994 |
Biglerville, Pennsylvania |
A girl is hit by a car |
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"Drainage Trap" |
July 12, 1994 |
Eunice, Louisiana |
A boy is sucked into a drainage pipe |
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"Rear End Baby" |
July 22, 1994 |
Foothill Ranch, California |
A woman suffers pregnancy complications |
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Episode 6.21 (February 21, 1995)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"911 Accidental Shooting" |
September 8, 1994 |
Lubbock, Texas |
A boy playing with a shotgun accidentally shoots his brother |
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n/a |
October 20, 1994 |
Mesa, Arizona |
A boy is rushed by his parents to the local fire station following an asthma attack |
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n/a |
January 1, 1993 |
San Jose, California |
A single mother and her son hide in the closet and calls 911 when a burglar breaks into their apartment and is looking for them |
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"911 Mommy's Bleeding" |
November 16, 1994 |
Denver, Colorado |
A girl calls 911 when her mother has a miscarriage |
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Episode 6.22 (February 22, 1995)
- Production Number: 957H
- 30-minute episode
Episode 6.23 (February 28, 1995)
Episode 6.24 (March 21, 1995)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
n/a |
July 23, 1993 |
Flower Mound, Texas |
A child crawls into a backyard pool |
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"911 Sibling Delivery" |
September 23, 1994 |
Blue Springs, Missouri |
Three children are home with their mother when she goes into labor |
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"999 Officer Down" * [3] |
October 10, 1994 |
Phoenix, Arizona |
A cop is shot while investigating suspicious people |
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n/a |
October 22, 1994 |
Jonesboro, Arkansas |
A child does CPR on a collapsed jogger |
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Episode 6.25 (May 2, 1995)
- Miracle Rescues Edition
- Production Number: 622
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
n/a |
July 25, 1994 |
Live Oak County, Texas |
A boy survives in an air pocket underwater for over 20 minutes when he accidentally drives his parents' jeep into a pond |
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"Phoenix Aerovac" (II) |
July 4, 1994 |
Mesa, Arizona |
An elderly man recovers from a long coma after falling through a skylight |
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n/a |
August 7, 1993 |
Destin, Florida |
A toddler is uninjured after falling 70 feet off a balcony |
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n/a |
December 1994 |
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland |
A boy is buried in a mound of snow formed by a snow plow |
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Episode 6.26 (May 9, 1995)
Production Number: 623
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Window Fall Rescue" |
June 4, 1994 |
Mechanicsville, Maryland |
A boy falls out of a window |
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n/a |
January 31, 1995 |
Miami, Florida |
A boy hit by a car and a toddler hit by a falling television are treated at Jackson Memorial Hospital |
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"Depacote Disaster" |
November 15, 1994 |
Nashville, Tennessee |
A girl swallows her sister's anticonvulsant medication |
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n/a |
January 8, 1993 |
Schoolcraft, Michigan |
A boy gets the string of his jacket caught in a crack in a playground slide |
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"Baby Bathtub Burn" |
February 18, 1992 |
Clio, Michigan |
A boy is burned by hot water from a bathtub |
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Episode 6.27 (May 16, 1995)
Episode 6.28 (May 17, 1995)
- Production Number: 958H
- 30-minute episode
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
n/a |
December 23, 1994 |
Greentown, Ohio |
Two kids fall into a frozen pond |
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"Bella's Little Buddy" |
July 6, 1992 |
Colorado River |
Repeated from Episode 5.3 |
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Episode 6.29 (May 23, 1995)
Season 7
- This season consisted of 15 episodes (14 original episodes and 1 episode containing a mix of new and repeat segments).
- This was the first and only season to use the 1995 CBS Productions logo.
Episode 7.1 (September 12, 1995)
Episode 7.2 (February 1, 1996)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"911 Python Babysitter" |
March 27, 1995 |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
A woman is nearly strangled by her sister's pet Burmese python |
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"CPR Parking Lot" |
June 23, 1994 |
Wheaton, Illinois |
A man is found lying in cardiac arrest in a parking garage |
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"Hostage Hot Pursuit" |
November 3, 1993 |
Parkersburg, West Virginia |
A fast food employee is kidnapped by an armed robber, leading police on a high-speed chase |
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"911 Car Phone Kid" |
February 28, 1995 |
Deltona, Florida |
A boy calls 911 on a car phone when his mother parks the car and passes out |
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Episode 7.3 (February 8, 1996)
Episode 7.4 (February 15, 1996)
Episode 7.5 (February 22, 1996)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
n/a |
June 24, 1995 |
San Francisco, California |
Police search frantically for a woman scheduled to receive a kidney transplant whose location is unknown |
|
n/a |
June 20, 1993 |
New Jersey |
A Freon leak causes a boy to pass out and drown in the refrigerator of his dad's fishing boat |
|
n/a |
July 30, 1992 |
Phoenix, Arizona |
Two cops are shot when they stop to confront a suspicious man with a gun |
|
n/a |
May 6, 1995 |
Clayton, North Carolina |
A girl gets her tongue stuck in the mouth of a glass bottle |
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Episode 7.6 (February 29, 1996)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
n/a |
March 28, 1995 |
Tampa, Florida |
A blind woman is injured in car accident |
|
n/a |
March 19, 1994 |
Destin, Florida |
A scuba diver runs out of oxygen |
|
n/a |
September 27, 1994 |
Fremont, California |
A man standing on a high bridge threatens to commit suicide |
|
n/a |
May 27, 1995 |
Boston, Massachusetts |
Veterinary clinic documentary at Angel Memorial Hospital |
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Episode 7.7 (March 7, 1996)
Episode 7.8 (March 28, 1996)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
n/a |
n/a |
Goshen, Indiana |
A warehouse worker is pinned by items that fall from a forklift |
|
n/a |
July 10, 1994 |
Phoenix, Arizona |
A man has a heatstroke while dirt biking in the desert with his stepson |
|
n/a |
February 26, 1994 |
Issaquah, Washington |
A girl falls off a waterfall |
|
n/a |
June 19, 1993 |
Trotwood, Ohio |
A dog alerts its owners that their baby has stopped breathing |
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Episode 7.9 (April 4, 1996)
Episode 7.10 (April 11, 1996)
Episode 7.11 (April 23, 1996)
- Production Number: 913H
- 30-minute episode
Episode 7.12 (May 2, 1996)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
n/a |
n/a |
Saginaw, Michigan |
A baby goes into respiratory arrest in a crowded parking deck |
|
n/a |
January 21, 1995 |
Irvine, Kentucky |
A toddler puts a car in gear, causing it to roll into the street |
|
n/a |
July 9, 1993 |
Surrey, British Columbia |
A 13-year-old girl is home alone when a break-in occurs |
|
n/a |
November 15, 1994 |
Akron, Ohio |
Documentary follows premature baby's stay at the neo-natal intensive care unit at Children's Hospital |
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Episode 7.13 (August 6, 1996)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Dunebuggy Disaster" |
June 4, 1995 |
Stanford, Kentucky |
A couple is injured in a dunebuggy crash |
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"Pool Filter Kid" |
June 27, 1995 |
Sacramento, California |
A boy is stuck in a backyard pool filter |
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"Paraglider Gondola Save" |
June 6, 1994 |
Aspen, Colorado |
A paraglider's parachute catches on a gondola line |
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"Baby John Doe" |
June 20, 1994 |
Highland Township, Michigan |
An abandoned baby is found in a park after dark |
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Episode 7.14 (August 20, 1996)
Episode 7.15 (August 27, 1996)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
n/a |
October 3, 1995 |
St. Louis, Missouri |
A school bus driver suffers a stroke behind the wheel |
|
n/a |
July 6, 1995 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
Four children injured in a car accident are treated at University Medical Center (docu segment) |
|
n/a |
October 26, 1991 |
North Little Rock, Arkansas |
A kneeboarder crashes into trees along the banks of a lake |
|
n/a |
April 15, 1995 |
Loves Park, Illinois |
A child opens the door of a moving pickup truck in a Wal-Mart parking lot and lands on the pavement on his head |
Accident location on Google Street View |
n/a |
January 18, 1994 |
Detroit, Michigan |
An elderly man discovers a boy frozen in the snow on the side of the road |
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External links
References
- ↑ Weinberg-Schenker, Perri (1990-08-01). "'Rescue 911' - Devastation, triumph are material for show" (FEE REQUIRED). The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, Ohio: E. W. Scripps Company). p. C1. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.filmva.org/resume/tvresume.html
- ↑ http://www.azcommerce.com/doclib/film/updated%20fimography.pdf
- ↑ Tulsa World. May 13, 1995. "Television Show To Feature Rescuers". Tulsa, OK. p. N8.
- ↑ Richmond Times-Dispatch. March 1, 1996. "'RESCUE 911' STORY ABOUT LOCAL MAN". Richmond, VA. p. C5.
- ↑ , QUARRYVILLE LIZARD IS RESCUED FROM CANCELLATION