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[Malynda]

Originally Posted by 777 The Great Work

I think 911 has been the emergency number for maybe 50 years.

The emergency number has only been 911 since about the mid-1980s, at least publicly. I remember distinctly because I had to call for the police and ambulance at that time as a child. I instinctively dialed 0 for operator because that is how I had been trained. I recall my grandmother telling me, while I was holding for connection to the police department, to call 911. Don't know how that fits in but it's something I remember well.