TV series
Rescue 911 is an informational reality-based television series that premiered on April 18, 1989 and ended on August 27, 1996. The series was hosted by William Shatner and featured reenactments of emergency situations that often involved calls to 911. Though never intended as a teaching tool, various viewers used the knowledge they obtained watching the show. Two specials, titled "100 Lives Saved" and "200 Lives Saved," were dedicated to viewers who had written to CBS with their stories on how the knowledge they obtained watching the show allowed them to save the life of someone else. At least 350 lives have been saved as a result of what viewers learned from watching it.
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Rescue 911 is an informational reality-based television series that premiered on April 18, 1989 and ended on August 27, 1996. The series was hosted by William Shatner and featured reenactments of emergency situations that often involved calls to 911. Though never intended as a teaching tool, various viewers used the knowledge they obtained watching the show. Two specials, titled "100 Lives Saved" and "200 Lives Saved," were dedicated to viewers who had written to CBS with their stories on how the knowledge they obtained watching the show allowed them to save the life of someone else. At least 350 lives have been saved as a result of what viewers learned from watching it.
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Episode 1
Truck crash frees 10 million bees (June 4, 1990. Douglas, Georgia); Suicidal woman takes hostages so police will shoot her (July 21, 1992. Beaumont, Texas); Dog trapped in dryer vent (Christmas Holidays. Tualatin, Oregon); Mother finds her baby girl face down in the bathtub (June 10, 1991. Walla Walla, Washington)
Where to watch Rescue 911Episode 2
Teens in car hit by train (November 11, 1991. Seymour, Iowa); Man struck by lightning (September 5, 1991. Lakeside, California); Man discovers a bobcat in his house (March 25, 1993. San Clemente, California); Child chokes on penny (October 1990. Northlake, Illinois)
Where to watch Rescue 911Episode 3
Crash victim trapped in burning car while his wife goes into labor (March 21, 1991. Clackamas County, Oregon); Robber takes restaurant employees hostage (March 5, 1992. Greenville, North Carolina); Dog alerts neighbors when toddler falls in river (July 6, 1992. Colorado River); A victim of a motorcycle accident is a treated at a San Diego hospital (January 26, 1992. San Diego, California)
Where to watch Rescue 911Episode 4
Man falls into gorge (June 29, 1992. White River Junction, Vermont); Dump truck carrying hot asphalt overturns on occupied car (April 23, 1990. Grafton, West Virginia); When a toddler falls ill, responding firefighters discover a family has been poisoned by carbon monoxide (November 4, 1992. Colorado Springs, Colorado); Man finds wife near her wrecked car (June 23, 1992. Napoleon, Indiana)
Where to watch Rescue 911Episode 7
Missing girl is discovered clinging to the back of a moving truck (March 28, 1993. Walconda, Illinois); Cop shot while on patrol (November 13, 1991. Dallas, Texas)
Where to watch Rescue 911Episode 8
Boy drives ATV over embankment (July 1, 1992. Holland, Ohio); Woman at home alone reports intruders (December 30, 1991. Knoxville, Tennessee); Boy pinned by tool box (March 24, 1993. Hamlet, Indiana); Child diagnosed with aplastic anemia needs bone marrow transplant (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Where to watch Rescue 911Episode 9
Christmas tree catches fire, trapping family in basement (December 20, 1992. Dover-Foxcroft, Maine); Toddler impaled through throat with toothbrush (January 12, 1993. Germantown, Maryland); Girl stops runaway car when her mother collapses at the wheel (July 1, 1993. Sacramento, California); First grader saves his friend who chokes on candy (February 22, 1993. Arcola, Mississippi)
Where to watch Rescue 911Episode 10
Two women in suburban stranded in flooded river (May 9, 1993. Gainesville, Texas); Girl calls 911 for ailing mother with endometriosis (February 7, 1992. South Bend, Indiana); Boy gets tongue stuck in canteen (June 16, 1993. Union, Maine); A boy who fell from a barn roof is treated at Kosair Children's Hospital (August 13, 1993. Louisville, Kentucky)
Where to watch Rescue 911Episode 11
Snowmobiler falls through thin ice (December 19, 1992. Minnetrista, Minnesota); Members of the Acadian Air Med service pick up a victim of a speedboat accident and a child burned by hot grease (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Sisters at home alone report intruder (December 22, 1992. Lexington, North Carolina); Firefighter has heart attack (July 26, 1991. Kilgore, Texas)
Where to watch Rescue 911Episode 12
Girls, after dialing the wrong number, call an elderly man with chest pains during Christmas; Farmer/Doctor has a hay bail fall on him; Child accidentally starts Chirstmas tree fire; Intruder gets stuck in the chimney (January 4, 1993. Oceanside, California)
Where to watch Rescue 911Episode 13
Uncertified scuba Diver runs out of air (Seattle, Washington); A stabbing victim and a father and son injured in a motorcycle accident are treated at the University of Louisville Hospital and Kosair Children's Hospital (August 13, 1993. Louisville, Kentucky); Kindergartner calls 911 when she returns home and her parents are not there (January 15, 1993. Owosso, Michigan); Paramedics come across an injured man who is the grandfather of a patient they are transporting to the hospital (June 12, 1992. Shelbyville, Tennessee)
Where to watch Rescue 911Episode 14
Mother trapped on burning boat after it explodes (June 21, 1991. San Diego, California); Teenager shoots himself after a fight with his dad (March 11, 1993. Helendale, California); Domestic violence suspect shoots police dog (February 25, 1992. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada); Dispatcher chokes on candy while alone in office (September 11, 1990. Mathews, Virginia)
Where to watch Rescue 911Episode 18
Boy collapses in gym class (October 29, 1992. Nyack, New York); Documentary of a Norwegian family who donated their daughters organs after she died in a car accident (beginning on July 5, 1993. Las Vegas, Nevada)
Where to watch Rescue 911Episode 19
Girl trapped under car in muddy ditch (April 5, 1992. Mobile, Alabama); Teenager hits his head while diving into a lake and becomes paralyzed (March 4, 1990. Lake Jewel, Florida); Woman bitten by barracuda (July 9, 1993. Islamorada, Florida); Neighbor performs CPR on a toddler who drowned in a swimming pool (August 16, 1993. Burlington, Vermont)
Where to watch Rescue 911Episode 20
Man unconscious in burning house (December 13, 1992. Rogers, Arkansas); Four-year-old boy chokes on peas (August 23, 1993. Calgary, Alberta, Canada); Water truck runs over boy on rollerblades (July 20, 1992. Corona, California); Teenager collapses after inhaling butane (April 11, 1992. Tulsa, Oklahoma)
Guest stars Andrew Hawkins
Episode 21
Suspect stabs police dog (March 8, 1993. Modesto, California); Pig trapped in burning house (October 14, 1993. The Dalles, Oregon); A poodle and a horse are treated at a U.C. Davis animal medical center (July 30, 1993. Davis, California); Stray puppy trapped in storm drain (July 27, 1993. Corpus Christi, Texas)
Where to watch Rescue 911Episode 22
Two boys electrocuted at pool (May 30, 1993. Pembroke Pines, Florida); Fireman falls through ceiling into burning house (August 30, 1993. Tulsa, Oklahoma); Dog chokes on ball (September 7, 1993. Presque Isle, Maine); Boy sustains head injury from ATV accident (August 16, 1989. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
Where to watch Rescue 911Episode 23
Boy and father attacked by crocodile (May 1, 1986. Zimbabwe, Africa); Cop crashes into tree while pursuing speeding car (April 2, 1993. Austin, Texas); Boy and mother stuck in tree (October 16, 1993. Millville Pennsylvania); Ice hockey player collides with another player and receives a severe head injury (March 14, 1992. Plattsburgh, New York)
Where to watch Rescue 911Episode 24
Toddler drowns in hot tub (September 9, 1993. Laguna Niguel, California); Mother trips and spills hot grease on her 2-year-old daughter (June 17, 1993. Hingham, Massachusetts); Boy injured in an ATV accident is treated at the Kapiolani Medical Center For Women And Children (February 1994. Waianae, Hawaii); Girl pinned by garage door goes into cardiac arrest (March 15, 1991. Tarzana, California)
Where to watch Rescue 911Episode 25
Snowboarder loses control and flies over hillside (January 11, 1992. Peru, Vermont); Girl falls and cuts her neck and chest on a broken glass (December 28. Dana Point, California); Teenager gets plaster mask stuck to face (April 16, 1992. Lincoln, Nebraska); Car hits pickup with girl riding in truck bed (August 18, 1993. Ontario, California)
Where to watch Rescue 911Episode 26
Girl pinned underwater by snowmobile (March 6, 1993. Rome, New York); Woman in rural cabin attacked by intruder (March 21, 1992. Scarborough, Maine); Boy accidentally stabs himself with scissors (August 13, 1992. Cincinnati, Ohio); Woman has heat stroke while hiking in desert (July 7, 1990. Las Vegas, Nevada)
Where to watch Rescue 911Episode information updated Sep 17, 2026
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William ShatnerSelf - Host
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