Frosty81
12-01-2012, 05:13 AM
What's the real reason for the hold-up on Rescue 911 on DVD? There are petitions abound related to this series that support DVD releases and a return to syndication.
That aside, this show is about the obvious reenactments of uncommon bodily accidents that require surgery. Some of the victims on the show have died, which is more uncommon.
This link (please remove it if it is not legal to post) takes you to an episode of R911 which documents an emergency about a man who got shocked by an old 1965-72 Black & Decker single-edge shrub/hedge trimmer. The trimmer had bad wiring and was "falling apart," says the victim's wife.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mwaps5-1KU
Because of its sudden withdrawal from most syndicated outlets, people will probably only remember this series now because of its host: William Shatner. Nearly 25 years before the first episode of R911 premiered in 1989, Shatner's first big break on TV was on the NBC hit series, Star Trek, playing Capt. James Tiberius "Jim" Kirk. His other big TV hit aside from Star Trek, was T.J. Hooker, on ABC in 1982.
But perhaps the most devastating episode for Mr. Shatner since the cancellation of R911 in 1996 was the mysterious August 9, 1999 drowning death of his 3rd wife of less than two years, Nerine Kidd. Death by misadventure, perhaps?
~Ben
That aside, this show is about the obvious reenactments of uncommon bodily accidents that require surgery. Some of the victims on the show have died, which is more uncommon.
This link (please remove it if it is not legal to post) takes you to an episode of R911 which documents an emergency about a man who got shocked by an old 1965-72 Black & Decker single-edge shrub/hedge trimmer. The trimmer had bad wiring and was "falling apart," says the victim's wife.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mwaps5-1KU
Because of its sudden withdrawal from most syndicated outlets, people will probably only remember this series now because of its host: William Shatner. Nearly 25 years before the first episode of R911 premiered in 1989, Shatner's first big break on TV was on the NBC hit series, Star Trek, playing Capt. James Tiberius "Jim" Kirk. His other big TV hit aside from Star Trek, was T.J. Hooker, on ABC in 1982.
But perhaps the most devastating episode for Mr. Shatner since the cancellation of R911 in 1996 was the mysterious August 9, 1999 drowning death of his 3rd wife of less than two years, Nerine Kidd. Death by misadventure, perhaps?
~Ben