911

911

Emergency medicine
A telephone number in the US that links the public to the police and mobile rescue units to provide emergency care.
 
Global village
September 11, 2001, the day that three 747 jets were used to suicide-bomb the World Trade Center in New York City, and the Pentagon in Washington, DC.

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911

Emergency medicine A telephone number that in most of the US provides the public with rapid access to communication centers linked to mobile EMS units via a radio network, which are in turn linked to an on-line supervising physician at a hospital Global village September 11, 2001, the day that three 747 jets were used to suicide bomb 2 key US buildings–the World Trade Center, NYC and the Pentagon in Washington, DC

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