How a child's accidental call to a top-secret phone line launched NORAD's Santa Tracker
It began nearly 70 years ago when a five-year-old called a top-secret emergency line reserved for the U.S. president and four-star generals and asked, "Hello, is this Santa?"
![How a child's accidental call to a top-secret phone line launched NORAD's Santa Tracker](https://i.cbc.ca/1.5408049.1703278623!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/norad-santa.jpg)
![Santa has his own bag of magic safety tools for travelling on Christmas Eve, but if he ever needed help, the North American Aerospace Defence Command and Nunavut Emergency Management would be ready to come to his rescue. Santa looks over a map.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.5408049.1703278623!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/norad-santa.jpg)
It began nearly 70 years ago when a five-year-old called a top-secret emergency line reserved for the U.S. president and four-star generals and asked, "Hello, is this Santa?"