Daily Curiosityby Erudico

General Knowledge · Question

The US emergency hotline is 911 because of the September 11th terrorist attacks.

Answer

False

The story behind the answer

False. The U.S. emergency number 911 was created long before the 2001 terrorist attacks. In 1968, the FCC and AT&T chose 911 as a simple, easy-to-dial number that wasn’t already in use; the first 911 call was made in Haleyville

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