2006-10-13 11:16:26 · 2 answers · asked by Margarita 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
here you go
2006-10-13 11:25:41 · answer #1 · answered by pnybt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a distant relative to the Congressman who got it passed on a national level.
From what I understand, it was due to the fact that most people had rotary phones back then. People used to dial "0" and get the operator to send a fire truck, etc (not good). This way people dialed "9". However, just because you dialed "9" didn't mean anything (could be dialing a local number!), so they added the quickest 2 digits you could dial on a rotary phone... "1" and "1".
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Contrary to the second post, the Congressman usually mentioned with 911 is my distant relative, Ed Roush from Huntington, Indiana (later defeated for his seat by Dan Quayle).
2006-10-13 18:20:57 · answer #2 · answered by geek49203 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋