My Daughter Came Home Injured at 1 A.M. Begging Not to Go Back — So I Put My Uniform Back On and Went After My Son-in-Law

inside. His face was grim in a way I had rarely seen.

He looked at me, not Rachel, and motioned toward the hallway.

I followed him out.

“We ran a full-body CT because of the abdominal guarding and the level of pain she’s reporting,” he said quietly.

“And?” I asked. “Broken ribs? Internal organ damage?”

“She has two fractured ribs on the left side,” he said.continue reading …