The first 911 call in America was placed in Haleyville, Alabama in 1968.

It was a test run that was dialed by Alabama Speaker of House, Rankin' Fight, and was answered by U.S. Representative Tom Bevel.

The reason 911 was created in the first place has a few different reasons.

In 1957, the National Association of Fire Chiefs wanted to have a single number to use nationally

to report fires.

In 1967, the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration

of Justice also recommended the same thing. One phone number to report any emergency.

Another notable reason that has some speculation is a rape and murder of a New York City bartender in 1964.

The speculation comes from the possibility that as many as 38 people in some way

had witnessed the attack and didn't call for help because at that time, if you wanted police

response, you had to know the phone number specifically for the local precinct, which in New York at that time, if you wanted police response, you had to know the phone number specifically

for the local precinct, which in New York at that time, there were dozens of them.

Implementation of 9111 nationwide took decades to accomplish.

When I was a kid in the early 90s and moved to a rural town in West Tennessee, I heard people

talk about how 911 had just become an option to call for emergencies.

By the year, 1987, still only 50% of America had the ability to call 911.

The point in all this is that 911 has had a decades-long history in getting to where it is today.

In this episode, I'm going to have a couple of what I would call vintage 911 calls.

These are both from the early 90s.

They're both rather famous calls in the crime slash 911 world, and both calls and the details surrounding them are pretty difficult to listen to for more than one reason.

As always, listener discretion is advised.

Welcome back to Music City 911.

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