[center] [h2] [color=00aeef][u][b]Benson O'Hara[/b][/u][/color] [/h2] [/center]
Age: 59
Height: 5'11
Weight: 230 lbs

Previous Occupation: Police Officer

Likes:
Feeling intelligent
Justice
Rules/Order
The beach
History
Accomplishments

Dislikes:
Being outsmarted
Lawbreakers
Young people who think they know everything
Rash decisions
Airplanes
Ants

Fears:
Benson fears his career will be the height of his life.
He has a fear of being betrayed by people close to him. If he is, it will crush him.
He also fears growing old and being forgotten by his loved ones before he is dead.
He's also afraid of a lawless society.

Personality:
Benson, in a calm, contained environment, is a quiet, self-confident, respectful older gentlemen. That's how he prefers to live, anyway. But in a stressful situation, he holds a much more colorful personality. He can be relentless in accomplishing an objective, and all misdoings will almost always be taken personally. It's a quirk of his that the line "it's nothing personal" really gets underneath his skin. Honor was and is a huge part of his life, those who act deceitfully to himself or even others should be punished. If by no one else, then by him.

When he moves to accomplish a goal he will snap at anyone who tries to get in his way, whether they be doing it on purpose or not. He has tunnel vision in that regard, once he sets his mind to something he cannot concentrate on anything else until it is resolved. This is why he chose to live a quiet, calm, objective-less life after his police career.  

History:
His grandfather was a law enforcer, his father was a law enforcer, and he was a law enforcer. Rules, order, and consistency in morals has run through his family for generations. His destiny was set to him from a very young age. His elementary school career was as you'd expect. He was the tattletale of every classroom, a teacher's pet if you will. Unlike other children, he was not doing it to get on the teacher's good side, rather because following and enforcing the rules is such an integral part of his moral compass. In high school, he of course began to do the opposite of what his parents told him, and began causing mischief and was even arrested a few times. It was a turbulent time in the seventies, and it was certainly reflected in his late teenage years. He had experienced the other side of the law then.

When he turned nineteen, it was as if someone had turned on a switch in his brain. His previously disappointed father was surely surprised when his rebellious son followed his younger's self dreams of becoming a police officer. The academy was certainly willing to whip into shape any young teenager they could get their hands on, but from the get-go Benson had a long forgotten respect for the law. A short time later and he was a police officer, patrolling and keeping the streets safe.

He married and had a children a few short years later. It seemed his daughter was the more promising candidate for joining the police force than his son was. His son was all about cars. His wife never received the dreaded phone call, and his children had a respectable father to be their hero. 

It was a long and respectable career. He started as a common enforcer, and began the climb up the ranks. Then, as some officers do, he went into detective work. Solving crimes was a bit more interesting to him then just arresting the people who did them. Even so, he still got into several dangerous situations as a police detective. With a celebrated retirement party and a long history of fighting the good fight, he slipped into a quiet life with his wife.

Recently however, he and his wife had an argument. And while no marriage goes without one, this one happened to be before a vacation the two of them had arranged. His spouse decided she didn't want to go anymore, but god forbid Benson was going to let his tickets go to waste. So he boarded the plane and had plenty of time to think about how many mistakes he had just made. As soon as he landed, he was going to call home and make peace with his family.

And then, well, the plane crashed.