"Call me the police". Before the advent of the rotary dial, many people across the country had to wait for help from an operator to make a phone call. Creating an emergency number was a sufficient way to connect to emergency services. Before the emergency number was established, the caller's dependence for emergency contact was the operator. The caller will have to wait for help and then tell the operator the number they want to be connected with. In case of an emergency, the caller can simply respond with the name of the emergency service and get help. In 1967, the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice suggested that a "special number be established" generally for reporting emergency situations. Due to the colossal attention paid to this concern, the President's Commission on Civil Unrest turned to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for clarification. In November 1967, the FCC met with the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) to find a way to establish a universal emergency number that could potentially be implemented quickly. Later, Congress passed a law identifying 9-1-1 as the standard emergency number in the United States of America. By the end of the 20th century, nearly 93% of the United States was covered by some type of 9-1-1 service. Thus, whenever an emergency occurs, citizens, young and old, have access to the universal emergency number. This is a telephone number to use for immediate access to help and assistance in the event of an accident or serious problem. Children can learn to call 9-1-1 when life and/or property is in immediate danger. Plus, being in danger defeats the purpose of having an emergency number. The purp...... middle of paper ......this is nine-one-one and why should we use it correctly? Works Quoted “Wireless 911 Services”. Federal Communications Commission. FCC Consumer Facts, 02/22/11. Internet. March 28, 2011. "Why was 911 chosen as the emergency telephone number?" How it works. HowStuffWorks.com, June 22, 2001. Web. March 28, 2011. “9-1-1.” Wikipedia. http://www.wikimediafoundation.org/, March 20, 2011. Web. March 28, 2011. “Emergency telephone number.” Wikipedia. http://www.wikimediafoundation.org/, March 26, 2011. Web. March 28, 2011. "9-1-1 Origin and History." Wikipedia. National Emergency Number Association, 2010. Internet. March 28 2011. .