Glenn G. is a retired U.S. Army Colonel who lives in Alabama. One Sunday afternoon around 5 P.M. Glenn met a man to discuss purchasing a utility trailer. Glenn had interacted with the man on Facebook and was interested in purchasing the trailer. When they met up, the 21-year-old man told Glenn that the trailer …
Keeping an old smartphone saved Steven S. from death. You see, late one Friday night Steven was driving on a rural road near Quesnel in British Columbia. While driving, he lost control of his car and landed upside down at the bottom of a steep embankment. Steven was trapped in the car hanging by his …
Kings Mountain Trail is a popular hiking and camping area above the town of Woodside, California. It’s about 900 wooded acres and contains areas of heavy forest, and steep ravines. Ava C. and her family went to Kings Mountain for a camping trip. While there, five-year-old Ava got lost. The family called 911 when they …
Zach P. enjoys shooting his AR-15 and regularly gets together with buddies to go shooting. One of the friends has a large piece of property where they can go shooting anytime they want. On a particular day, it was a little bit rainy, but the group didn’t let it stop them from shooting their AR-15s. …
David M. and Jack C. are avid climbers who were hiking Mount Rainier early one June. If you’re not familiar with it, Mount Rainier is a large active volcano in the state of Washington, located about 60 miles southwest of Seattle. The mountain has a summit elevation of nearly 14,410 feet and is the highest …
Brandy S. lives in San Clemente, CA and like many Californians, she likes to visit the beach. One day she visited San Onofre State Beach with her kids. While there, the kids picked up some colorful rocks to take home. The rocks were an array of colors including green and orange. The kids handed Brandy …
On February 28th, 1997, Larry P. and Emil M. robbed a Bank of America in North Hollywood, CA. The two men were equipped with illegally modified automatic rifles, full body armor, and thousands of rounds of ammunition. One of the men carried a MAK-90 rifle (similar to an AK-47) modified to be fully automatic. The …
In June 1941, Nazi Germany declared war on the Soviet Union. Months later, the Germans started the Blockade of Leningrad. German forces surrounded the city in what ended up being a 900-day siege. And while Germany never took control of the city, Leningrad was bombed, and many places were destroyed. To make matters worse, the …
The Iran-Contra Affair was a political scandal that rocked the U.S. between 1981 and 1986. U.S. officials were selling arms to Iran and planned to use the proceeds from the sales to fund the Contras, a rebel group in Nicaragua. In addition, the U.S. administration justified the arms shipments as an attempt to free seven …
In 1968, a Soviet Golf-II class submarine left the port of Petropavlovsk, on a peacetime patrol northeast of Hawaii. The sub, called K-129, was carrying three nuclear-armed ballistic missiles. Then, soon after leaving port, the sub and its entire crew were lost. The Soviets started search efforts but were never able to find the sunken …