If you’re an LSU student upset that LSU spent $28 million on a new, fancy football locker rooms instead of academics… HERE’S WHY YOU SHOULD STOP BLAMING LSU AND START BLAMING THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. A thread:
I’m so heartbroken for my state, the people of New Orleans, and especially the families and friends of the people killed and seriously injured in a horrendous terror attack. Speechless tonight.
I’m ashamed to say I didn’t know Jimmy Carter was such a legend. Married 77 years to Rosalyn. Lived in the same $240,000 house before and after the White House. Built homes for Habitat for Humanity until he was 95. Again, what a legend.
I was booked on United Flight 93 on 9/11, 2001, flying nonstop from Newark NJ to San Francisco CA. Around midnight the night before, a coworker called me urging me to change my flight to fly into San Jose instead. This meant I had move to a flight that boarded 20 minutes later (from the same gate) with a stopover in Denver. I was very reluctant to do it but I did.
When I got to the airport, I watched people boarding flight 93 and I was upset that I was not leaving earlier, in my 1st class seat on a direct flight. I didn’t notice or care about the people as they were boarding, only myself.
When I finally boarded my plane, we were 7 planes behind flight 93. When we were 3 planes away from we taking off, the pilot told us to look out the right side of the plane because it appeared the Twin Towers had been hit by a plane. I thought it might have been a small Cessna until I saw the second plane strike the other tower. We were grounded just before taking off.
I changed that day. I now take every opportunity I have to watch and if possible, get to know the people I’m boarding a plane with. I never hesitate to give up my seat for a later flight if requested. I’ve had two children since 9/11 and went to multiple mission trips to war torn countries. Every day I wake up breathing is another gift from God.
Never forget 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
#NeverForget #911Anniversary
Bodycam footage of Uvalde officers sobbing and throwing up after going into Robb Elementary school. 19 students were fatally shot, as well as 2 teachers. 17 others were injured but survived.
Our deputies responded to a domestic dispute involving Vicki, 71, and her boyfriend. Vicki told Deputy Weiner the argument started because her ‘babies were hungry.’ She is parenting her two great-grandchildren, ages 8 and 10.
She told deputies her boyfriend had cooked the last two hot dogs for dinner and made the kids watch him eat, while they went to bed hungry. The argument escalated resulting in the boyfriend calling 911, but when deputies arrived, they determined Vicki's story was more credible and asked the boyfriend to leave.
Deputy Weiner said his heart broke for the children, so he left the home and went to Walmart to buy groceries. Vicki was so appreciative, she encouraged us to share this body camera video. Thank you Deputy Weiner for the kindness, compassion and generosity you showed this family.
#helpingthecommunity #kindnessmatters
🚨🚨🚨Holy shit: A father of a child who was killed in the Uvalde school shooting SLAMMED Texas legislators for their “useless thoughts and prayers.”
Brett Cross boldly testified in front of a Texas House committee in support of legislation that would raise the minimum age to buy semi-automatic weapons from 18 to 21.
Brett Cross: “I'm so sick of hearing those three words from our elected officials…
While your prayers may have comforted you, they did nothing to absolve our pain...
Your thoughts and prayers didn't stop an 18 year old from purchasing two high powered semi automatic rifles and all of those rounds of ammunition.
Your thoughts and prayers didn't stop us from having to bury our children and two teachers.
Your thoughts and prayers haven't done anything in the 329 days since Uziel was shot through his stomach exiting his spine.
Your thoughts and prayers are useless unless you have thought and prayed for legislation that you can help enact that could change this.”
Thank you so much to Brett Cross and these BRAVE parents for speaking out!
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You probably remember this picture of the baby who spent 128 hours under rubble after an earthquake in Turkey. It was reported that the baby's mom died.
Turns out, the mom is alive! She was treated in a different hospital. After 54 days apart and a DNA test, they are together again.
Source: https://t.co/q7OPE1oZ3r