I Showed Up to Christmas Dinner with a Cast on My Foot and a Voice Recorder in My Pocket — My Son Laughed in My Face and Said I “Deserved It”… Then the Doorbell Rang and I Said, “Come In, Officer.” I arrived at Christmas dinner limping, my right foot wrapped in a cast and my heart colder than the December wind sliding through the streets of our old Brooklyn house. Three days earlier, my daughter-in-law had shoved me down the front steps. Not an accident. Not a stumble. Two firm hands between my

I Showed Up to Christmas Dinner with a Cast on My Foot and a Voice Recorder in My Pocket — My Son Laughed in My Face and Said I “Deserved It”… Then the Doorbell Rang and I Said, “Come In, Officer.” I arrived at Christmas dinner limping, my right foot in a cast and my heart colder than the December air outside our old Brooklyn house. Three days earlier, my daughter-in-law had shoved me down the front steps. Not an accident. Two hands between my shoulder blades, hard enough to send me flying. My f

GRAY LADY DOWN (1978) starring Charlton Heston is a thriller about a U.S. Navy mission to save the crew of a submarine that sank after colliding with a freighter. Scenes were shot using USS Trout (SS-566) prior to the sub's transfer to the Imperial Iranian Navy. The Iranian crew later abandoned the Trout in Philadelphia following the Iranian Revolution in 1979. The U.S. regained custody of the Trout and then used the sub for training. The Trout was sold for scrap in 2008. #MovieMonday | U.S. Nav