Originally Posted by
polonius
112 is global, including the USA
No. It's valid in the US but only on GSM cellphones and it's certainly not global.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_telephone_number - scan down to 'Emergency numbers'.
Gosh, not even 'global' in North America. The USA and Canada have 911 and Mexico has 066, 060, or 080.