Front Windshield has a long Silver cracked about 18 inches? I have liability insurance only. Suggests.

Comprehensive insurance covers windshields and such. You could quite possibly get your insurance to cover it as vandalism but it's a fine line what they will pay for with just liability. Best to call around some glass shops for prices or even a wrecking yard for a used one and then pay an installer to remove and replace. Not knowing the car? Hard to say if any rubbers need to be replaced with it. Lot's of low priced glass shops out there. Just explain to them your situation. Most will always try to help. I always did in my business. Let me know. Shame you live so far away! I would have one of my guys do it for free.

Coincidentally, I was looking into new windshields last week.

In my searching, I read a number of articles on windshield repair and replacement and one stated that a crack over 2 feet long had to be replaced rather than repaired.

I'm not sure I would be comfortable with a repair in your case, but I suppose it is possible that, depending on the location of the crack, technology may have advanced to that point.

I would of course defer to Rooster on the issue, but thought I would pass this along.