OPINION: A rebuke from a much gentler age
This is a story of road rage gone good.
The incident happened long ago and was unremarkable in and of itself. It was even forgettable – but for Captain Crosby’s reaction to it.
It was the year after my father retired from the U.S. Navy. In the transition of our moving to a new house, the Crosbys had lent us theirs for the summer. I don’t know the details – I was only 11 – but for some reason they were going to be gone from their Connecticut home for the summer, and we moved in.