Panic 9-1-1 (2012)
This one hour program features real audio recordings between a 911 dispatch operator and a victim who is in imminent danger and has called 911 for police assistance. The real audio calls are supported with excerpts of interviews with individuals who know the victim, excerpts of an interview with the dispatcher and images, video and music and statements supporting the story unfolding. These calls are fast starting with someone already in danger and shortly escalates to a shocking culmination.
Seasons & Episode
A woman fights for her life when her estranged husband starts shooting at her through the door. A mother finds herself in a terrifying situation when her brakes stop working. In Georgia, a family returns from holiday to hear a horrifying sound.
A middle-aged woman holds an Ohio fast-food restaurant manager hostage. In Florida, it’s a race against time as first responders scramble to locate a young woman who flipped her car into a dark, flooded ditch before she drowns.
A young woman hides in a closet as an intruder enters her home; two women become trapped in their apartment’s breezeway by a wall of flames; a woman and her daughter try to fight off an erratic carjacker.
In Florida, a car chase transpires to rescue a hostage being held at gunpoint in her ex-boyfriend’s car. After being shocked by 14,000 volts of electricity, a Georgia man’s chance of survival is in the hands of his friend. A mother of three stands her ground in her Michigan home while two men break-in during the night.
A young woman calls 911 from under her bed while her family is held hostage by armed home invaders; police rush to rescue a woman trapped in her burning car; a kidnapper tries to steal a mother’s young children at a gas station.
A bride-to-be is trapped in a gully inside her overturned SUV; a terrified 11-year-old and her younger brother are home alone when their apartment goes up in flames; a mother holds an intruder at gunpoint.
Two sisters hide in their closet from men who broke into their home; an accidental leg amputation at an Orlando recycling plant has rescue workers racing to the scene; in Washington, police rush to rescue a woman whose vehicle burst into flames.
Police race across three states to catch a bus carrying a suspected gunman threatening to kill everyone onboard. In the mountains of Utah, a snowboarder is trapped atop a 12,000-foot-high mountain when an avalanche rips the face off the slope below. On the coast of Florida, a toddler fights for her life after being found face down in a pool.
Armed with a .40-caliber handgun, a woman’s ex-husband forces himself into her Arkansas home. While skating on a frozen river, a New Hampshire man falls through the ice into freezing water. In Virginia, a seven-month-old baby girl is kidnapped from her mother’s car.
A father and daughter endure a terrifying road rage incident in North Carolina. Firefighters in Texas race to rescue a man who gets impaled by a steel fence pole. In Oklahoma, an armed man walks into an office building and holds two employees hostage.