Conflict in Connecticut.
A true story that happened to me.36 total reviews
Comment from BethShelby
Wow that is some story. If your were dirving 55 miles and hour you must have gotten a long way from where the guy with gun was. I wondered who was shooting. Also I would have though going so fast and falling away from the trudk would have almost killed. Those two might not have tried it again.
reply by the author on 21-Aug-2024
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Wow that is some story. If your were dirving 55 miles and hour you must have gotten a long way from where the guy with gun was. I wondered who was shooting. Also I would have though going so fast and falling away from the trudk would have almost killed. Those two might not have tried it again.
Comment Written 21-Aug-2024
reply by the author on 21-Aug-2024
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Well, I only went about a half mile and the shooter was behind me to the left side. One of the men laid there for a little bit. I am sure they were hurting after they flew off my truck. They were limping pretty bad when they got up.
Comment from AliMom
A frightening encounter indeed. I was on the edge of my seat. Did this actually happen and no one did anything about it. Is law enforcement really so callous. I hope you taught these criminal miscreants a well earned lesson. And thank you for the warning. My niece and nephew were also in school as Coast Guard trainees but never hinted that such horrible issues existed during their training. How horrible to have to re live this incident on paper but how cathartic to relate it to others who might listen. Congratulations on your strength and fortitude and for saving your own life. Your writing was clear and straightforward. Harrowing. Keep writing about other experiences in Coast Guard training. I believe others will find it interesting.
reply by the author on 21-Aug-2024
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A frightening encounter indeed. I was on the edge of my seat. Did this actually happen and no one did anything about it. Is law enforcement really so callous. I hope you taught these criminal miscreants a well earned lesson. And thank you for the warning. My niece and nephew were also in school as Coast Guard trainees but never hinted that such horrible issues existed during their training. How horrible to have to re live this incident on paper but how cathartic to relate it to others who might listen. Congratulations on your strength and fortitude and for saving your own life. Your writing was clear and straightforward. Harrowing. Keep writing about other experiences in Coast Guard training. I believe others will find it interesting.
Comment Written 21-Aug-2024
reply by the author on 21-Aug-2024
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Well, it just shows how violent are country really is. No one ever expects this to happen two blocks from the police station and then they won't do anything about it, but it does.
Comment from barbara.wilkey
Thank you for sharing your story for this contest. I enjoyed reading and am glad you survived this ordeal. Good luck with the contest.
The next morning, I got up and put on my uniform for work and headed to the mess hall (The following morning)
reply by the author on 20-Aug-2024
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Thank you for sharing your story for this contest. I enjoyed reading and am glad you survived this ordeal. Good luck with the contest.
The next morning, I got up and put on my uniform for work and headed to the mess hall (The following morning)
Comment Written 20-Aug-2024
reply by the author on 20-Aug-2024
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Yes, Barbara. I was very lucky and I did go to work the next day. I looked like Frankenstein and scared the bejesus out of everybody, but I went to work.
Comment from Gunner Lil
This was one of the best fantasy tales I have ever read.
That 2.4 cubic inch motor in your truck is about as powerful as you electric tooth brush.
The Academy in Groton has a post office. Why go out in town at 2240?
It would be very hard for two guys to grab your throat through a truck window. Four hands on your neck would have no effect at any speed but at going 35 miles an hour?
Having your body pulled to your left by those guys, how were you able to shift gears with that floor shift?
What were these two guys holding on to that kept them hanging on and not falling from your speeding truck?
Why didn't you drive to the police station that was only two blocks away?
I'd love to see the police report.
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reply by the author on 20-Aug-2024
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This was one of the best fantasy tales I have ever read.
That 2.4 cubic inch motor in your truck is about as powerful as you electric tooth brush.
The Academy in Groton has a post office. Why go out in town at 2240?
It would be very hard for two guys to grab your throat through a truck window. Four hands on your neck would have no effect at any speed but at going 35 miles an hour?
Having your body pulled to your left by those guys, how were you able to shift gears with that floor shift?
What were these two guys holding on to that kept them hanging on and not falling from your speeding truck?
Why didn't you drive to the police station that was only two blocks away?
I'd love to see the police report.
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The highest and the lowest rating are not included in calculations.
Comment Written 20-Aug-2024
reply by the author on 20-Aug-2024
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Well, Obviously, you don't know much about 4 cylinder engines. The 2.4 engine is very powerful with the right transmission and turbo. Nissan makes a very peppy 2.4 - you should try one some time and you will see what I am talking about. The Coast Guard Academy is not in Groton. You have to cross the Blue Star Bridge to get to Groton and then you are at the U.S. Navy Submarine Base. So two different entities within our military. The Academy post office was closed at the time and the New London post office was two blocks away. My window was down and I was looking the other way when I was jumped. So, I did not expect this attack. The first thing they said to me was give me your fucking wallet and I said, fuck you, popped the cluctch and took off shifting very fast. I am an ex-trucker so I have a lot of driving experience - don' t try this at home! Yes, they were pulling my neck to the left and that is what they were hanging onto just like the story says! I was punching and shifting gears at the same time - very easy to do when you are fighitng for your life! My plan was to kill them both by peeling them on the side of a parked car, but someone starting shooting at me before I could do that. I drove right past the police station - no response what so ever! I went to the police the next day because my commander wanted me to and the police officer said, We won't catch them. He was very unmotivated - too many donuts I guess. They only wrote down what I said and then most likely trashed it when I left. But the next morning I looked like Frankenstein when I went to work and scared the bejesus out of everyone - so there were lots of witnesses to this story and it is all REAL!!!
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Read your story. You state your 2.4 cubic engine. Not 2.4L.
Your story did make me laugh.
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You are just an asshole!
Comment from Pam Lonsdale
Where in Indiana? I was born in Lebanon and still have family there. And I lived 26 years in Connecticut - Vernon.
How did they keep up with your truck if you were going 45 MPH? And how do two men hold onto you around your neck, hurling down the road so fast? They must have been bumping into each other.
Why didn't you go to a hospital, given what had happened to you. Or report it to someone at the Coast Guard Academy?
And you say someone was hiding in the bushes to shoot at you as part of this set-up, but how did they know what bushes to hide behind when you were traveling at 55 MPH and had to have driven a ways from where the two men latched onto your neck.
Honestly, Harry, I kept waiting for you to say, "Just kidding!"
reply by the author on 19-Aug-2024
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Where in Indiana? I was born in Lebanon and still have family there. And I lived 26 years in Connecticut - Vernon.
How did they keep up with your truck if you were going 45 MPH? And how do two men hold onto you around your neck, hurling down the road so fast? They must have been bumping into each other.
Why didn't you go to a hospital, given what had happened to you. Or report it to someone at the Coast Guard Academy?
And you say someone was hiding in the bushes to shoot at you as part of this set-up, but how did they know what bushes to hide behind when you were traveling at 55 MPH and had to have driven a ways from where the two men latched onto your neck.
Honestly, Harry, I kept waiting for you to say, "Just kidding!"
Comment Written 19-Aug-2024
reply by the author on 19-Aug-2024
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Well, yes, 2 men held on to me around the neck and I was punching them in the face. My truck was very peppy and I surprised them by fighting back and I took off real fast so they were afraid to jump off. I don't do hospitals. I did report it to the Academy the next day. That is in the story. There is always someone hiding in the bushes. They were behind me shooting at me or I would most likely be dead today. I am from Evansville and lived in New London, Conn. for 6 years.
Comment from nomi338
What an amazing story of bravery n the face of such an abject act of cowardice. You acted much more bravely than most of us would I dare say. This reminds me of a night where I, walking down a street I grew up on was robbed at gunpoint by two teenagers. I immediately hit the robber nearest me, but the one I did not hit was the one who was armed. The one I hit kept urging the one with the gun to shoot me. Luckily I was able to talk him out of it, I told him you do not want to kill me over 15 lousy dollars do you? He did not, so I was able to escape with my life. This happened in Detroit, Michigan back in the early 1970s, I quickly moved from that neighborhood and never returned there.
reply by the author on 19-Aug-2024
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What an amazing story of bravery n the face of such an abject act of cowardice. You acted much more bravely than most of us would I dare say. This reminds me of a night where I, walking down a street I grew up on was robbed at gunpoint by two teenagers. I immediately hit the robber nearest me, but the one I did not hit was the one who was armed. The one I hit kept urging the one with the gun to shoot me. Luckily I was able to talk him out of it, I told him you do not want to kill me over 15 lousy dollars do you? He did not, so I was able to escape with my life. This happened in Detroit, Michigan back in the early 1970s, I quickly moved from that neighborhood and never returned there.
Comment Written 19-Aug-2024
reply by the author on 19-Aug-2024
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Thank you Nomi338 for your review! I really appreciate that! And it sounds as you might have been lucky too!
Comment from Rachelle Allen
WOWWWWW!! Now THAT was some seriously action-packed writing!! I was reader faster and faster as I went along because it was so riveting! There is one change I think you should make, though: At this sentence:
One guy looked at me and asked, "what happened to my face?" I started to tell...
Because you are using quotation marks there, the question would be "What happened to YOUR face" rather than 'my' face, because then it translate to him asking you what happened to HIS face.
Great entry in the contest!! Good luck! xoxo
reply by the author on 19-Aug-2024
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WOWWWWW!! Now THAT was some seriously action-packed writing!! I was reader faster and faster as I went along because it was so riveting! There is one change I think you should make, though: At this sentence:
One guy looked at me and asked, "what happened to my face?" I started to tell...
Because you are using quotation marks there, the question would be "What happened to YOUR face" rather than 'my' face, because then it translate to him asking you what happened to HIS face.
Great entry in the contest!! Good luck! xoxo
Comment Written 19-Aug-2024
reply by the author on 19-Aug-2024
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LOL! OOPS. Yes, you are right Rachelle. I missed that one. Thank you for your insight and your review! I really appreciate that!
Comment from lancellot
Very interesting. Growing up in Chicago, I learned never to drive with the windows down or the doors unlocked. It always surprises me, when I see people being yanked out of their cars.
I am surprised that, first at 55, you didn't simply slam on the brakes. No way a human could maintain their grips. Newton's 3rd law and all. I'm also surprised when you did hit the brakes, the last guy ended behind your truck and not in front of it. Or how they could even stand after such a thing.
Anyway, you paint a thrilling and detailed story.
reply by the author on 19-Aug-2024
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Very interesting. Growing up in Chicago, I learned never to drive with the windows down or the doors unlocked. It always surprises me, when I see people being yanked out of their cars.
I am surprised that, first at 55, you didn't simply slam on the brakes. No way a human could maintain their grips. Newton's 3rd law and all. I'm also surprised when you did hit the brakes, the last guy ended behind your truck and not in front of it. Or how they could even stand after such a thing.
Anyway, you paint a thrilling and detailed story.
Comment Written 18-Aug-2024
reply by the author on 19-Aug-2024
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Yes, it was a crazy night. I never figured that out either. I think it was the first guy that fell that ended up behind the truck. I was too busy fighting to look really lol!
Comment from Mufasa
It never fails to amaze me what people will do. It also amazes me when people ask why I am always armed. Good on you for being a fighter, not a victim. Glad you didn't run them over - you would have been charged for it. Ironic, huh?
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reply by the author on 19-Aug-2024
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It never fails to amaze me what people will do. It also amazes me when people ask why I am always armed. Good on you for being a fighter, not a victim. Glad you didn't run them over - you would have been charged for it. Ironic, huh?
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Comment Written 18-Aug-2024
reply by the author on 19-Aug-2024
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Yes, we should all be armed. Yes, I deciced I was NOT going to be their victim.
Comment from Michael Ludwinder
Wow, your story is incredibly intense! The raw emotion you share make it feel like we're right there with you, experiencing every moment of the fight. The courage you showed in the face of such a dangerous situation are truly impressive. Your ability to stay focused and fight back under such extreme pressure is nothing short of remarkable. It's clear that your training played a huge role in your survival. Thank you for sharing this harrowing experience! It's shows your strength and bravery.
reply by the author on 05-Aug-2024
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Wow, your story is incredibly intense! The raw emotion you share make it feel like we're right there with you, experiencing every moment of the fight. The courage you showed in the face of such a dangerous situation are truly impressive. Your ability to stay focused and fight back under such extreme pressure is nothing short of remarkable. It's clear that your training played a huge role in your survival. Thank you for sharing this harrowing experience! It's shows your strength and bravery.
Comment Written 05-Aug-2024
reply by the author on 05-Aug-2024
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Thank you Michael. And yes, my training did help. I was an Army Sergeant before I joined the Coast Guard. So fighting was part of my training. And in this world I have decided I would not be anyones victim.