Emergency!
Most deadly passage
Season 7, Episode 3 · Aired 1978-04-04
Synopsis
Gage and DeSoto come to Seattle, Washington to observe the operating practices of the Medic One unit. Part I of a two part Made for TV Movie. Johnny and Roy are sent to Seattle to study the techniques used there. A skydiver jumps off the Space Needle, a worker is trapped at the top of the Kingdome, and a fuel pumper mistakenly loads a ferry with gasoline instead of diesel fuel, which sets the ferry on fire in the middle of the Elliott Bay.
In the series
This episode is part of Emergency! (1972–1979) on NBC.
Squad 51 rolling — paramedics as heroes before medical dramas went steadicam.
Key cast
- Robert Fuller as Dr. Kelly Brackett
- Julie London as Dixie McCall
- Randolph Mantooth as Firefighter John Gage
- Kevin Tighe as Firefighter Roy DeSoto
- Bobby Troup as Dr. Joe Early