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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.

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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Next Generation 911 calls allow text message to be sent to 911 systems, and opens the doors for video and picture information to be sent to a 911 system.

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Whilst orders can be placed with immediate effect, Porsche India will introduce the new 911 Turbo and Turbo S models in all markets with the first customer deliveries starting from October 2013.

The new Porsche 911 Turbo and 911 Turbo S to come India soon

The G-Series 911 followed in 1973 and ran until 1989.

50 years of Porsche 911 design & technology

In addition, the new 911 Carrera 4 is up to 65 kg lighter in weight.

New all-wheel drive Porsche 911 Carrera to make its debut in Paris

Central Lane 911 officials said the outage lasted at least 40 minutes, although a spokesman with Qwest, which provides telephone service to the 911 center, said service was restored in about 15 minutes.

911 service goes down

The dad went to the hospital all four times,'' said Chris Diamantakis of 911 for Kids, which promotes disaster and emergency preparedness and training of children about when and how to call 911.

8-YEAR-OLD HONORED FOR HELPING SAVE DAD

Jennifer called 911 from her car phone, but operators struggled to figure out where she was located as they listened to the attack occur.

When an emergency strikes, will 911 be there to help?

Two new 911 models will be launched simultaneously -the 911 Carrer a with a 325bhp, 3.

Driving Seat: 911-the next generation

PORSCHE unveiled the latest edition to the new 911 range, the Carrera 4S, at this year's German motorshow.

New Porsche evolves from motorshow; Porsche 911 Carrera 4S

Today we launched an interactive webpage with best practices to assist text message providers and 911 call centers with deploying text-to-911.

United States : FCC Launches Webpage with Best Practices for Implementing Text-to-911

Porsche launches three versions of 911 at Frankfurt Motor Show

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