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 the show aired in syndication. Titles denoted with an asterisk (*) were obtained from other sources, and may be incorrect. The show was part of VH1's I Love the '80s 3-D: 1989.
Specials
Special #1 (April 18, 1989)
- Pilot Episode
- The segments may not have been presented in the order listed
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).
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 |
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"New York City Firefighters" |
July 4, 1989 |
Bronx, 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)
Episode 1.3 (September 19, 1989)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Player Down" |
November 7, 1986 |
Springdale, Arkansas |
A high school student suffers a heart attack during a football game causing the game to be suspended |
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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)
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 boy accidentally shoots his friend's sister with a 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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"Apartment Fire Hero" |
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, Casa Grande, 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 |
When a dispatcher gets a phone call about someone having a heart attack, she finds that the heart attack victim is her husband. |
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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 squeamish man must deliver his wife's baby with the help of a 911 operator |
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Episode 1.13 (December 12, 1989)
Episode 1.14 (December 19, 1989)
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 26, 1988 |
Brookfield, Connecticut |
Two ex-convicts rob a family winery, tie up the owner with the phone cords and lead police on a hot pursuit |
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Episode 1.16 (January 9, 1990)
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 by two thieves, 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)
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 Township, Wayne County, Michigan |
Two runaway boxcars push an occupied car down train tracks and a cop risks his life trying to stop them, but one of the victims gets killed |
Railroad crossing on Google Street View |
"Kidnapped Kids" |
April 16, 1989 |
Smith County, 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)
Episode 1.22 (March 13, 1990)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"911 Asthma" |
October 27, 1989 |
Holland, Michigan |
A woman rescues 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 |
After returning home from a diner, an elderly man discovers his home was burglarized and gets shot by the 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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"Lost at Sea" |
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 Rescued" |
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 chokes on a cough drop |
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Episode 1.30 (May 15, 1990)
Season 2
- Season 2 consists of 29 original episodes.
Episode 2.1 (September 11, 1990)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Peeping Prowler" |
October 9, 1986 |
Gainesville, Florida |
When a couple calls the police about a peeping tom in an apartment complex, police discover that he is a burglar who murdered other people |
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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)
Episode 2.3 (September 25, 1990)
Episode 2.4 (October 2, 1990)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Sis Burn Car Save" |
April 26, 1990 |
Superior Township, Osage County, Kansas |
A woman is trapped in a burning car in front of her sister's house after being accidentally rear-ended by her cousin |
Accident location on Google Street View |
"Tampa Docu" |
May 10, 1990 |
Tampa, Florida |
A drunk man holds his four-year-old son hostage (Docu segment) |
Newspaper article about this segment |
"Lightning Lads" |
July 24, 1987 |
Gulfport, Mississippi |
When a teenage girl warn two boys about a storm heading towards them, the boys are struck by lightning |
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"Mattress Mayhem" |
February 11, 1990 |
Beaverton, Oregon |
A teenage girl is pinned to the wall by a sofa |
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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 suffers an allergic reaction after being attacked by yellow jackets. |
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"911 Baby Sitter Prowler" |
January 14, 1989 |
Beaverton, Oregon |
Burglars try to break in a house with a girl babysitting a baby |
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Episode 2.6 (October 30, 1990)
Episode 2.7 (November 6, 1990)
Episode 2.8 (November 13, 1990)
Episode 2.9 (November 20, 1990)
Episode 2.10 (November 27, 1990)
Episode 2.11 (December 4, 1990)
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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"911 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 |
While heading to a fire, a fire captain suffers a heart attack behind the wheel of his truck |
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 |
LVMPD officers on New Years Eve duty. |
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"Arm Save" |
October 24, 1989 |
Redlands, California |
When a teen tries to hang a picture over her window in her bedroom, she falls through the glass and cuts both arms. |
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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)
Episode 2.15 (January 22, 1991)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Phantom Car Crash" |
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 |
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"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)
Episode 2.17 (February 5, 1991)
Episode 2.18 (February 12, 1991)
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 a lake |
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"Gas Leak Baby" |
July 9, 1990 |
Sherman, Texas |
A woman is overcome by natural gas from an unlit stove |
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"Runaway Truck" |
January 14, 1984 |
Nova Scotia |
A truck loses its brakes while traveling down a mountain road |
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"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)
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 teen watches his father fall off a cliff and performs CPR on him |
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 |
When a father (who was injured in a car accident years earlier) walks his daughter home from school, he suffers a seizure in front of her |
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"Car Kidnap Baby" |
June 21, 1987 |
Lafayette, Louisiana |
An elderly couple rescue a baby who was kidnapped in her mother's stolen car |
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"Austin Docu" |
September 23, 1990 |
Austin, Texas |
Domestic violence documentary |
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"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)
Episode 2.26 (April 26, 1991)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"911 Break-In" |
November 1, 1990 |
Madera, California |
Teen burglars break in a house with a girl who is home from school with a sore throat |
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"Remarriage Rescue" |
January 2, 1989 |
San Jose, California |
A teenage boy is nearly killed in bike crash after riding downhill way to fast without his helmet. Following his recovery, his divorced parents remarry. |
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"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 severely burned when an electric skillet containing hot vegetable oil falls on him |
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"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.
Episode 3.1 (September 17, 1991)
- Production Number: 301H
- 30-minute episode
Episode 3.2 (September 24, 1991)
Episode 3.3 (October 1, 1991)
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 |
When a mother drives a minivan in foggy conditions, she crashes into a log truck leaving a baby trapped |
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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)
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 |
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"911 Video Stabbing" |
July 11, 1988 |
Bedford, Indiana |
When a video store owner closes his store, he is stabbed by 4 robbers |
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"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.
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 |
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"Russia Rescue" |
September 17, 1990 |
Magadan, Siberia, Russia Galveston, Texas |
When a Russian boy is severely burned, American doctors reach out to help him |
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"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)
Episode 3.11 (December 10, 1991)
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 |
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n/a |
August 26, 1989 |
Fort Collins, Colorado |
A man is trapped in a burning pickup with a case of fireworks |
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"Snowgirl Save" |
December 23, 1990 |
Elkins, West Virginia |
A young girl wanders outside and passes out in the snow |
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Episode 3.13 (January 7, 1992)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Unconscious Driver" |
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. |
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"Gas Thief" |
May 7, 1989 |
Tonopah, Nevada |
An escaped fugitive shoots a police officer in a shootout, then the suspect is shot by the officer's best friend and dies |
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"5-Year-Old Saves Mom" |
May 6, 1991 |
Dearborn Heights, Michigan |
A woman suffers a gallbladder attack while home with her small children |
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"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 |
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Episode 3.14 (January 14, 1992)
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 |
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"Ando the Dog" |
September 19, 1988 |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
A K-9 dog is shot and killed by a gunman who tried to kill its owner |
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"Fireman Down" |
October 10, 1990 |
Santa Ana, California |
Firefighters are hit by a falling facade while fighting a tire store fire |
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"6-Year-Old Hero" |
July 9, 1991 |
Evansville, Indiana |
A mother passes out while driving and her 6-year-old son stops the car |
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Episode 3.18 (February 7, 1992)
Episode 3.19 (March 3, 1992)
Episode 3.20 (March 17, 1992)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Heart Attack Crash" |
July 20, 1989 |
South Bend, Indiana |
When an elderly man suffers a heart attack in a church, he gets his son who is a paramedic to take him to the hospital and the ambulance crashes on the way to the hospital |
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"Black Belt Hostage" |
March 19, 1990 |
Passaic, New Jersey |
When a black belt takes his ex-girlfriend hostage at a computer training school, his friend who is a detective saves the ex-girlfriend |
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"Dock Electrocution" * |
June 9, 1991 |
Columbia, South Carolina |
A boy is electrocuted while building a boat lift |
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"Elvis Docu II" |
August 18, 1991 |
Memphis, Tennessee |
A shooting victim is treated at Elvis Presley Memorial Trauma Center |
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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 |
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"911 My Baby Drowned" |
October 3, 1991 |
Merlin, Oregon |
A baby drowns in an above-ground pool |
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"Tucson Victim Docu" |
November 4, 1990 |
Tucson, Arizona |
A restaurant employee becomes partially paralyzed following a shooting |
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"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
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 |
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"French Parasailing" |
March 27, 1991 |
Chamonix, France |
A woman's parachute catches onto a crane while paragliding, leaving her dangling high above the ground. |
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"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 |
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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 |
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n/a |
November 15, 1990 |
Kalama, Washington |
A dispatcher attempts to talk a woman out of suicide |
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"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). |
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"13-Year-Old Heimlich" |
February 8, 1991 |
Downey, California |
A girl chokes on cereal |
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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 |
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"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. |
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"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 |
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"Stevie Saves Dad" |
April 20, 1990 |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
A boy calls 911 when his father falls down a flight of stairs |
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Episode 4.2 (September 22, 1992)
Episode 4.3 (September 29, 1992)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Aussie Whale Save" |
August 16, 1991 |
Peregian Beach, Queensland |
Attempts to return a beached whale to the sea |
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"Roller Coaster Rescue" |
September 2, 1991 |
Altoona, Pennsylvania |
When the Little Leaper at Lakemont Park has trouble working, the operator tries to make it go with a little girl on the ride, but gets his leg amputated when the ride drags him |
Map of Lakemont Park from Mapquest |
"911 Kids in Smoke" |
August 29, 1991 |
Huntington Beach, California |
Two siblings get trapped inside their burning home. |
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"Laundry Chute Lad" |
May 3, 1992 |
Columbia, South Carolina |
A boy playing hide and seek gets stuck in a laundry chute |
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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 |
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"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 |
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"Phoenix Flood II" |
August 22, 1992 |
Phoenix, Arizona |
A woman is stranded in her car in the middle of a flooded road |
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"911 Toddler Glass Save" |
October 18, 1991 |
Fresno, California |
A pregnant woman's daughter crashes through the window while sitting at the dining room table |
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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 |
When a middle aged woman's husband leaves for work and leaves her home alone, a burglar breaks in her house |
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"Sister Stop, Drop, Roll" |
December 27, 1991 |
Hemet, California |
A girl catches fire from the kitchen stove and her sister must perform stop, drop and roll |
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n/a |
December 28, 1991 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
A man is killed and his best friend is seriously injured when they're hit by a drunk driver |
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"911 Woodshop Trauma" |
September 10, 1991 |
Rancho Cordova, California |
A man cuts his wrist with a power saw while building furniture |
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"11-Year-Old CPR Save" |
July 16, 1991 |
Westerville, Ohio |
A toddler boy drowns in a swimming pool |
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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 |
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"BB Gun Blast" |
September 12, 1989 |
Rio Vista, California |
A teen accidentally shoots a child with a BB gun |
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Episode 4.8 (November 25, 1992)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Purgatory Chasm" |
April 7, 1991 |
Sutton, Massachusetts |
A Russian immigrant falls off a cliff |
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"911 Firecracker Explosion" |
October 30, 1991 |
Fresno, California |
When a boy tries to stop a firecraker from exploding, it explodes in his hand |
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"Runaway Dogsled" |
December 24, 1991 |
North Pole, Alaska |
When a girl is being pulled away in a dog sled, her father and two men attempt to locate the girl and the dogs |
Behind the scenes newspaper article |
n/a |
December 5, 1991 |
Miami, Florida |
Shooting victim |
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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 |
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"Jungleland" |
March 8, 1992 |
Pinellas Park, Florida |
A toddler is bitten by a Rattlesnake while hiking with his family in the woods |
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"Sealant Overdose" |
February 8, 1990 |
Kaysville, Utah |
A boy goes into cardiac arrest from inhaling butane and fabric sealant |
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"Sparkletts the Dalmatian" |
February 3, 1991 |
Rosemead, California |
A dog is rescued from a storm drain |
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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 |
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"911 Kenny's Bathtub" |
November 21, 1991 |
Redondo, Washington |
A baby is accidentally left unattended in a bathtub |
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Episode 4.12 (January 5, 1993)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
|
December 31, 1991;
January 1, 1992 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
A mugger flees to the home of a family (docu segment) |
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"Snow Tubing Save" |
February 13, 1988 |
Laramie, Wyoming |
A girl becomes paralyzed in a snow tubing accident |
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"911 Abrupta Placenta" |
May 9, 1992 |
Fontana, California |
A OB nurse has bleeding during her pregnancy |
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"Toppled Trans AM" |
July 15, 1990 |
Guthrie, Kentucky |
When a father works on his car, the car runs over him |
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Episode 4.13 (January 12, 1993)
Episode 4.14 (January 19, 1993)
Episode 4.15 (January 26, 1993)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Mountain Pool Plunge" |
August 26, 1991 |
Angel Falls, California |
A man hits his head while trying to slide down a waterfall and drowns in the pool at the bottom |
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"911 Market Robbery" |
April 18, 1992 |
Roseville, California |
A supermarket attendant calls 911 when his store is being robbed by 4 masked gunmen |
Robbery location on Google Street View (store is still Bel Air) |
"Swiss Army Knife" |
May 28, 1990 |
Memphis, Tennessee |
A man chokes while on board an airplane, and doctors on board use a Swiss army knife to perform an emergency operation. |
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"Two-Year-Old Pool Save" |
June 30, 1992 |
Englewood, Colorado |
A boy drowns in a backyard pool |
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Episode 4.16 (February 2, 1993)
Episode 4.17 (February 9, 1993)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Hanging Hang Glider" |
July 30, 1989 |
Sauratown Mountains near Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
A man crashes his hang glider into the top of trees |
Short article about the incident and reenactment |
"I've Been Shot" |
August 19, 1991 |
Lawrence Township, Marion County, Indiana |
A neighbor rapes and shoots a female lawyer |
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"Lady's Not a Tramp" |
September 7, 1992 |
Loveland, Colorado |
A rattlesnake bites a dog that tries to save a girl |
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"Balcony Fall" |
April 10, 1992 |
Gulf Shores, Alabama |
When a teenage girl climbs down a hotel balcony with her friend, she slips and falls |
Episode 4.18 (February 16, 1993)
Episode 4.19 (February 23, 1993)
- International Edition
- Production Number: 418
Episode 4.20 (March 2, 1993)
- Production Number: 419H
- 30-minute episode
Episode 4.21 (March 9, 1993)
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 drowns in a backyard pool |
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"Water Monitor Mayhem" |
July 5, 1992 |
Miami, Florida |
When a couple has car trouble while trying to leave for a birthday party, they discover that a lizard got stuck in the engine |
|
"911 Accidental Gunshot" |
April 18, 1992 |
Pinecrest, California |
A teenage boy is accidentally shot by his best friend while on a camping trip |
|
Episode 4.24 (April 13, 1993)
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 |
|
"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 |
|
"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 |
|
"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)
Episode 4.27 (May 18, 1993)
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).
Episode 5.1 (September 14, 1993)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Swarm Save" |
June 4, 1990 |
Douglas, Georgia |
A truck accident releases many 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 |
|
"Breakout Beagle" |
December 21, 1992 |
Tualatin, Oregon |
A dog gets it head stuck in a dryer vent |
|
"Nurse's Bathtub Baby" |
June 10, 1991 |
Walla Walla, Washington |
A baby drowns in a bathtub |
|
Episode 5.2 (September 21, 1993)
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 |
|
"Bella's Little Buddy" |
July 6, 1992 |
Blythe, California |
A dog gets help when a toddler falls into the Colorado River |
Newspaper article about the incident Page 1, Page 2 Link to the episode online [3] |
"San Diego Child Docu" |
January 26, 1992 |
San Diego, California |
Motorcycle accident |
|
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 |
|
"Asphalt Trap" |
April 23, 1990 |
Grafton, West Virginia |
Liquid asphalt spills out onto an occupied car |
|
"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 |
|
Episode 5.5 (October 26, 1993)
Episode 5.6 (November 2, 1993)
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 |
|
"Dallas Cop Down" |
November 13, 1991 |
Dallas, Texas |
A Dallas cop is shot by an escaped juvenile detention center inmate |
|
Episode 5.8 (November 16, 1993)
Episode 5.9 (November 23, 1993)
- "200 Lives Saved"
- Production Number: 507
Episode 5.10 (November 30, 1993)
Episode 5.11 (December 14, 1993)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Snomos Thru Ice" |
December 19, 1992 |
Minnetrista, Minnesota |
A snowmobile falls through ice |
|
"Acadian Air Docu" |
n/a |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
Speedboat accident |
|
"911 Business Suit Intruder" |
December 22, 1992 |
Lexington, North Carolina |
A burglar in a suit breaks in a house with two girls who are home alone |
|
"Firefighter Heart Attack" (II) |
July 26, 1991 |
Kilgore, Texas |
After a fire fighter gets sick after putting out a fire at a supermarket, he suffers a heart attack |
|
Episode 5.12 (December 21, 1993)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Wrong Number Rescue" |
December 31, 1992 |
Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania |
A young girl calls a wrong number and reaches a man who is suffering a heart attack |
"Dr.'s Hay Crush" |
July 15, 1992 |
Wichita, Kansas |
A doctor gets paralyzed when a bail of hay falls on him while working on his farm |
|
"Christmas Tree Inferno" |
December 19, 1991 |
Wichita, Kansas |
When a Christmas tree catches a house on fire, a teenage girl tries to save her little brother |
|
"Chimney Trapped Crook" |
January 4, 1993 |
Oceanside, California |
An intruder pretending to be Santa Claus gets stuck upside down in a chimney |
|
Episode 5.13 (January 4, 1994)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Uncertified Scuba Diver" |
May 29, 1993 |
Seattle, Washington |
A diver runs out of air while underwater |
|
"Louisville Docu II" |
August 13, 1993 |
Louisville, Kentucky |
A father and son are injured in a motorcycle accident |
|
"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. |
|
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 |
|
"911 Suicide Son Save" |
March 11, 1993 |
Helendale, California |
Following an argument with his father and gets grounded, a teen tries to commit suicide by shooting himself |
|
"Police Dog Down" |
February 25, 1992 |
Hamilton, Ontario |
A man shoots a police dog |
|
"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. |
|
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)
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 |
|
"Idaho Trauma Docu" |
September 3, 1993 |
Idaho Falls, Idaho |
Biking accident |
|
"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. |
|
"Grandma's Breech Baby" |
August 3, 1993 |
Springfield, Tennessee |
A young woman gives birth at home |
|
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 |
|
"Norwegian Organ Transplants" |
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) |
|
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) |
|
"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) |
|
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)
Episode 5.23 (March 29, 1994)
- Animal Rescues Edition
- Production Number: 521
Episode 5.24 (April 5, 1994)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Brother Pool Shock" |
May 30, 1993 |
Pembroke Pines, Florida |
A father risks his life trying to save his two sons when they are electrocuted by a lamppost near a swimming pool |
|
n/a |
August 30, 1993 |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
A firefighter falls into a burning house |
|
"Harley Hogs the Ball" |
September 7, 1993 |
Presque Isle, Maine |
A dog accidentally swallows a ball it is playing with |
|
n/a |
August 16, 1989 |
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
An ATV accident leaves a boy with a head injury |
|
Episode 5.25 (May 3, 1994)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"African Crocodile Attack" |
May 1, 1986 |
Zimbabwe |
A crocodile attacks a father, his son and a friend while swimming in an African river and the father loses his arm |
|
"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
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 |
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"Plaster of Peril" |
April 16, 1992 |
Lincoln, Nebraska |
A college art student gets a plaster mask stuck on his face and gets his ex-girlfriend's father, who is a orthodontist, to get it off |
Union College on Google Street View |
"Girl Thrown From Truck" |
August 18, 1993 |
Ontario, California |
A girl is injured in an accident while riding in the bed of a pickup truck |
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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 |
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"911 Don't Answer the Door" |
March 21, 1992 |
Scarborough, Maine |
A burglar breaks into a cabin home and the homeowner attacks the burglar with dough roller |
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"Scissors Save" |
August 13, 1992 |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
A boy accidentally stabs himself while running with a pair of scissors |
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"Heat Stroke Hiker" |
July 7, 1990 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
A woman passes out from the heat while hiking in a desert |
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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), also 1 (Christmas Themed Episode), #612 where all and not one segment/s would be Christmas Themed
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 |
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"Bradley's Heimlich Save" |
July 12, 1993 |
Pensacola, Florida |
A boy with Down syndrome performs the Heimlich maneuver on his father |
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"911 Runaway Car" |
August 29, 1993 |
North Carolina |
A car gets stuck at high speed and won't stop |
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"911 Pregnant Tumbler" |
November 30, 1993 |
Lusby, Maryland |
A pregnant woman falls down a flight of steps |
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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 |
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"911 Wrong Way Delivery" |
January 8, 1994 |
San Antonio, Texas |
A pregnant woman goes into labor at home |
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"New Zealand Shark Attack" |
April 24, 1992 |
Campbell Island, New Zealand |
A man loses his arm in a shark attack while scuba diving |
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"Choking Chihuahua" |
February 10, 1994 |
Buda, Texas |
A dog chokes on a marble |
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Episode 6.4 (October 4, 1994)
Episode 6.5 (October 11, 1994)
Episode 6.6 (October 18, 1994)
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 |
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"Erianger Medical Center Documentary" |
October 2, 1993 |
Chattanooga, Tennessee |
Erlanger Medical Center documentary |
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"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. |
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"Dog Leash Struggle" |
April 15, 1994 |
Dutton, Virginia |
A dog leash strangles a girl |
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Episode 6.9 (November 8, 1994)
Episode 6.10 (November 15, 1994)
- Women Heroes Edition
- Production Number: 609
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 |
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"Slick Cat Save" |
April 24, 1994 |
Bowie, Maryland |
A cat is stuck in a ventillation system |
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"Pickup Truck Heroes" |
August 8, 1994 |
Hammond, Indiana |
A girl is run over by a pickup truck when it crashes through a convenience store |
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"911 Silent Intruder" |
July 11, 1994 |
Lafayette, California |
A woman mistakes a mannequin in her house for an intruder |
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Episode 6.12 (December 13, 1994)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Bullet Wound Neighbor" |
May 12, 1994 |
Ackworth, Iowa |
When a farmer is firing a gun to scare away a dog for trying to kill his chickens and ducks, he accidentally shoots his neighbor's daughter in the shed. |
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"Austin Documentary" |
May 1994 |
Austin, Texas |
Domestic violence documentary |
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"Morro Bay Submerged Car" |
May 20, 1993 |
Morro Bay, California |
A woman is trapped inside her car when it falls into a canal |
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"911 Bath Trapped Mommy" |
August 25, 1992 |
Arlington, Texas |
A woman is trapped in the bathroom when the lock on her door malfunctions |
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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 her 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 |
"Grandma Fire Save" |
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 preteen's shirt catches fire from a candle while sitting in a treehouse |
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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)
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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"Child Asthma II" |
October 20, 1994 |
Mesa, Arizona |
A boy is rushed by his parents to the local fire station following an asthma attack |
|
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" * [4] |
October 10, 1994 |
Phoenix, Arizona |
A cop is shot while investigating suspicious people |
|
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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"Eighth Floor Miracle Baby" |
August 7, 1993 |
Destin, Florida |
A toddler is uninjured after falling 70 feet off a balcony |
|
n/a |
December 7, 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 his bedroom window |
|
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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"Slide Strangle" |
January 8, 1993 |
Schoolcraft, Michigan |
A teacher saves his student when his string on his jacket gets stuck on a playground slide |
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"Baby Bathtub Burn" |
February 18, 1992 |
Clio, Michigan |
A boy is scalded by hot water from a bathtub |
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Episode 6.27 (May 16, 1995)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Snowboarding Son Save" |
February 23, 1994 |
Crystal Mountain, Washington |
A snowboarder runs off a trail and gets buried by snow drifts |
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"Leopard Attack" |
December 29, 1994 |
Scottsbluff, Nebraska |
When a leopard attacks a Zookeeper while she is trying to clean the leopard's cage, fellow zookeepers must risk their lives to get her out |
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"Happy Ending Hang Glider" |
November 24, 1989 |
Waimanalo, Hawaii |
A hang glider crashes into a guard rail. The hospital nurse in charge of his care befriends him, and the two marry. |
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"Healing the Healers" * [5] |
April 19, 1995 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Group counseling sessions with rescuers who were on the scene of the Oklahoma City bombing |
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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 |
|
"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).
Episode 7.1 (September 12, 1995)
Episode 7.2 (February 1, 1996)
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 |
"Missing Transplant Recipient" |
June 24, 1995 |
San Francisco, California |
Police search frantically for a woman scheduled to receive a kidney transplant whose location is unknown |
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"Squid Ship Son Save" |
June 20, 1995 |
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 |
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"Tongue Stuck in Bottle" |
May 6, 1995 |
Clayton, North Carolina |
A girl gets her tongue stuck in the mouth of a glass bottle |
|
Episode 7.6 (February 29, 1996)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Blindsided" |
March 28, 1995 |
Tampa, Florida |
A blind woman and her service dog are injured in a 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)
Episode 7.13 (August 6, 1996)
Episode 7.14 (August 20, 1996)
Episode 7.15 (August 27, 1996)
Title |
Event date |
Event location |
Description |
External links |
"Runaway School Bus" |
October 3, 1995 |
St. Louis, Missouri |
A boy saves other kids on a school bus when the driver suffers a stroke behind the wheel |
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"Vegas Kids' Documentary" |
July 6, 1995 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
Four children injured in a car accident are treated at University Medical Center (docu segment) |
|
"Kneeboarder Hits Tree" |
October 26, 1991 |
North Little Rock, Arkansas |
A kneeboarder crashes into trees along the banks of a lake |
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"Toddler Falls From Truck" |
April 15, 1995 |
Rockford, 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 |
"Frozen Boy" |
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.
- 1 2 http://www.filmva.org/resume/tvresume.html
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSNFx_2IatY
- ↑ 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