AT AGE TEN, WHILE SHOPPING WITH MY GRANDMOTHER & AUNT AT A LOCAL DEPARTMENT STORE CALLED HOLIDAY MART, SOMEONE BANGED THE BACK OF MY ANKLE WITH A SHOPPING CART. IT HURT LIKE HECK, SO I CRIED OUT IN PAIN, HOPPING AROUND ON ONE FOOT. SUDDENLY, TWO STRONG HANDS GRABBED ME BY MY SHOULDERS, TURNED ME AROUND, & MUCH TO MY DELIGHT & SURPRISE, I DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS NONE OTHER THAN JACK LORD HOLDING ONTO ME! HE SAID, “OH MY! I AM SO SORRY, BUT I DIDN’T SEE YOU STANDING THERE! ARE YOU OKAY, YOUNG LADY?” ALMOST MIRACULOUSLY, MY ANKLE STOPPED HURTING. I NODDED MY HEAD & ANSWERED, “YES, I’M ALRIGHT”. MY AUNT, WHO WAS QUITE A CHARACTER, GREETS HIM LOUDLY, “HOW YA DOING, McGARRET!?” HE GAVE HER A BIG SMILE, APOLOGIZED AGAIN, THEN HE & HIS WIFE WENT ON ABOUT THEIR SHOPPING. GROWING UP IN HAWAII, I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO “BUMP INTO” OR SOCIALLY MEET MANY STARS (EVEN ELVIS PRESLEY, LOU GOSSET JR., & MICHAEL JACKSON) WHO WERE VISITING OR RESIDING HERE. AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT, JACK LORD WAS IN HIS PRIME. HAWAII 5-0 WAS BEING FILMED & ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR T.V. SHOWS ON THE AIR. HE WAS DROP DEAD GORGEOUS, WEARING A FLOWER ALOHA SHIRT, WHITE PANTS, & A BIG WHITE PANAMA HAT. I LOOK BACK ON IT NOW AS ONE OF MY FONDEST MEMORIES - IT WAS EVEN WORTH IT THAT I LIMPED A LITTLE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTERWARDS! LOL.