In 2009 armed Somali pirates hijacked the Maersk Alabama. Four years later Hollywood gave America a new hero in the form of its commander, Captain Phillips. But the real story is the desperate struggle of another man: Chief Engineer Mike Perry. Below decks he disables the ship and works to save the crew. His critical fight back leads to the captures of the pirate leader – a crucial bargaining chip in the eventual negotiations to get the pirates off the Alabama.

Secret events surrounding the Russian submarine, Red October, that went missing on March 8, 1968, taking the Soviet Union and U.S. to the brink of war.

In the feature film, Lone Survivor, a secret US Navy SEAL mission in Afghanistan is ambushed and only one man, Marcus Luttrell, survives. The film follows Luttrell’s struggle to escape from Taliban territory alive. But in reality, he couldn’t have done it without the bravery of an Afghan villager, Mohammad Gulab, who puts himself and his family at great risk. With Luttrell safely back in the US, Gulab becomes a target for the Taliban – and his relatives are caught in the crossfire.

The movie ‘American Sniper’ tells the tale of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, the most lethal sniper in U.S. history, but is this version really an accurate portrait? The truth is that Kyle is a more controversial and complex character than anything seen in the movie.

Paul Greengrass’ drama-thriller ‘United 93’ depicts the events on board the ill-fated United Airlines Flight 93. Hijacked as part of the attack on September 11, 2001, the Al-Qaeda terrorists were on a suicide mission to crash the plane into a Washington DC target – most likely the capitol. The film highlights how the passengers heroically took control of the plane, causing it to crash into a field in Pennsylvania. In the Real Story, we follow the radicalisation of the key terrorist and explore how the conflicted terrorist likely delayed the hijack giving the passengers time to discover the larger terror plot they were a part of and change the course of history.

CIA vs. Bin Laden: First In is the most revealing documentary produced about the 10 year hunt for Osama Bin Laden by the Central Intelligence Agency. The documentary features interviews with former Directors, CIA case officers, military leaders, members of European intelligence services and U.S. Congressmen who played direct roles in the hunt and elimination of the world’s most wanted terrorist. Many of the people most deeply involved with the hunt and killing of Bin Laden have been reluctant to share their stories until now. There was simply no benefit for these quiet professionals, their families, or the agencies they served to be in the public eye, but they have collectively decided that now is the time – to go on record and tell their stories before it’s too late.

Police respond to a call about a suicidal man; officers investigate a domestic dispute between two brothers; a car is pulled over for speeding and a gun is found in the vehicle; alleged drug use at a motel is investigated.

Police respond to a domestic dispute; a vehicle is stopped for equipment violations; an officer responds to a reckless driving call; the driver of a suspicious vehicle parked in a drug-infested area is questioned.

The driver of a slow-moving vehicle that is hindering traffic is questioned; a young man driving a golf cart after dark with no lights on is stopped and questioned; a man flees the scene of a single-car accident; police respond to a call about an unruly resident at a hotel.

The driver of a suspected stolen vehicle is questioned; police respond to a domestic dispute; officers respond to a dispute between a man and his girlfriend; a physical altercation between a couple in the military is investigated.

A car burglary is investigated; a vehicle is pulled over for an expired tag and searched for drugs; the driver of a suspected stolen car is questioned; a neighborhood disturbance is probed.

A woman is questioned after allegedly buying drugs; drugs are found in a car after it is stopped for running a stop sign; a vehicle spotted in a drug-infested area is pursued; an undercover officer reports that a woman is trying to buy pills in a parking lot.

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