911 History: How the World's Emergency Number Was Born in 1968 - Punjabi Podcast - Radio Haanji
History of 911 and Triple Zero 000: How Emergency Numbers Changed the World
At exactly 2:00 p.m. on February 16, 1968, a bright red telephone rang at the Haleyville police station in a tiny Alabama town most Americans had never heard of. A U.S. Congressman walked across the room, lifted the receiver, and said one word: "Hello." That single word—picked up on the other end by Alabama's House Speaker dialing from the mayor's office down the hall—launched the most consequential three digits in modern history. The number was 9-1-1. And nothing about emergency services would ever be the same again…
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