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09/13/2026

Looking at the staggering size of the U-505 submarine resting inside its subterranean concrete bunker, the most obvious question is also the most baffling:

How on earth did a 700-ton N**i war machine end up buried under a lawn in the middle of the American Midwest?

The story of its capture in the Atlantic during World War II is legendary, but the sheer logistical nightmare of physically bringing it to Chicago is one of the most unbelievable engineering feats in the city's history.

In 1954, Chicago native and U.S. Navy Captain Daniel Gallery fought to bring the captured U-boat to the Museum of Science and Industry.

Towing it 3,000 miles down the St. Lawrence River and through the Great Lakes was incredibly dangerous, but that was actually the easy part.

Once the massive steel leviathan arrived in Lake Michigan, engineers had to figure out how to get a 700-ton warship out of the water and across dry land.

They engineered a massive floating dry dock, slowly beached the submarine, and then completely shut down Lake Shore Drive.

Using a complex system of heavy steel rollers, winches, and massive tractors, it took crews several painstaking weeks just to inch the submarine 800 feet across the highway and onto the museum’s lawn.

For nearly fifty years, the submarine proudly sat outside in the open air.

But by the late 1990s, the brutal, freezing Chicago winters and relentless snow were causing severe structural damage.

The weather was slowly destroying what Allied depth charges couldn't.

To save it, Chicago had to pull off a second engineering miracle.

In 2004, the museum launched a massive $35 million project to bury the U-boat.

Crews dug a massive, four-story trench right in the museum's front yard.

They placed the submarine on massive teflon pads, slowly slid it into the crater, and then built the massive, bomb-proof concrete ceiling right over the top of it.

Today, when you stand in that underground bunker, you aren't just looking at a war relic; you are looking at a 700-ton puzzle that Chicago absolutely refused to lose.

09/13/2026

09/13/2026

I stand with this fire fighter. I don’t want them here either. 

"We don’t want you here."

09/13/2026

New Black Panther Party Arrives In Jackson As Questions Grow Over Recent Hanging Deaths

Members of the New Black Panther Party arrived in Jackson, Mississippi, Saturday as recent hanging deaths continue to generate national attention and questions about what happened.

The group’s arrival comes after Jackson police announced an arrest in the death of 29 year old Tasia Fortune, whose body was discovered hanging from a tree behind a vacant home in west Jackson on August 3. The Mississippi State Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled Fortune’s death a homicide.

Police arrested 51 year old Jarques Ratliff on a murder charge in connection with Fortune’s death. Investigators say Ratliff knew Fortune, although authorities have not publicly disclosed the nature of their relationship or announced a motive.

Investigators have interviewed nearly 15 people, collected forensic evidence and executed multiple warrants. Police have also indicated that additional arrests are expected as the investigation continues.

Fortune’s death has led some activists to describe the case as a lynching, but authorities have not announced evidence showing that her killing was racially motivated. Fortune’s mother has said she believes her daughter was murdered but does not believe race was the motive.

The case comes less than a year after 21 year old Demartravion “Trey” Reed was found hanging from a tree on the campus of Delta State University. Reed’s death generated widespread speculation and calls for further investigation, but authorities ultimately ruled his death a su***de and reported finding no evidence of foul play.

Another man, Cory Zukatis, was found hanging in a wooded area in Vicksburg around the same period. His death was also ruled a su***de.

The image of someone hanging from a tree carries enormous historical weight, particularly in Mississippi, and the circumstances surrounding these deaths have fueled questions and national attention. However, there remains an important distinction between questioning the circumstances of a death and declaring it a lynching before investigators establish evidence supporting that conclusion.

What is confirmed in Fortune’s case is significant. Her death has officially been ruled a homicide, one man has been charged with murder and police expect additional arrests. Whether race played any role in her killing has not been established.

With members of the New Black Panther Party now in Jackson and attention surrounding the case continuing to grow, scrutiny of the investigation is unlikely to disappear anytime soon.

TRH News will continue following the case as additional information becomes available.