🚨INCREDIBLE: In 2013, little American girl Jocelyn Rojas, aged 5, was innocently playing in her family's yard. She was only thinking about having fun when a car pulled up next to her. An unknown man got out and began speaking to her kindly, offering her something that would tempt any child: an ice cream.
With just a few words, he managed to convince her to get into his car, then he drove off with her, turning a simple moment of play into a kidnapping that shook the entire local community and quickly made headlines in the media.
But what the kidnapper hadn't anticipated was that someone had seen everything.
A 15-year-old teenager, Temar, was nearby with his friend Chris. When they realized what had just happened, they didn't wait for the police or the adults. They immediately hopped on their bikes and set off in pursuit of the car.
The two boys embarked on a daring chase that lasted nearly 15 minutes, following the vehicle through the streets with incredible determination, refusing to give up despite the enormous difference between a bike and a car.
As the pursuit continued, the kidnapper began to realize he was being followed. Under the pressure and fear of being exposed, he eventually panicked. Finally, he abruptly stopped the car and opened the door, letting the little girl run out.
Jocelyn immediately rushed toward Temar, terrified, asking to see her mother. At that moment, everyone understood that the courage of two teenagers who hadn't hesitated to act had saved a child from an unknown fate.
Their story quickly spread through media outlets around the world and became a striking example that heroism doesn't require superpowers, but simply a brave heart and the ability to act at the right moment.
Dorien Thomas disappeared while riding his bicycle in Amarillo, Texas, on Oct. 26, 1998.
His mother told police the 9-year-old rode to a neighborhood store and never returned.
More than 25 years later, investigators still hope someone remembers seeing Dorien that day — or knows where he is now.
One tip could be the one that finally brings answers. Report tips to NCMEC at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678). https://t.co/d4BM94tUBh
Can you help us find Germyracle Winters?
The 16-year-old has been missing from Houston, Texas, since Aug. 15, 2026.
Please help us spread the word.
Have information? Call NCMEC at 1-800-THE-LOST or the Houston Police Department at 1-713-884-3131. Poster: https://t.co/ePKcLL8SZ7
Nearly two weeks without power is not simply an inconvenience. It means spoiled food, disrupted businesses, lost communication, unbearable heat, and families wondering when help will finally come.
What is happening in Gary, Indiana, raises a deeper question about whose communities are treated with urgency. Black communities have too often been expected to endure neglect, absorb the consequences, and keep surviving.
No community should have to prove that its families are worthy of immediate care.
Our communities deserve more than survival. Black communities deserve to be valued.
#GaryIndiana #HumanDignity #EnvironmentalJustice
Can you help us find Simone?
15-year-old Simone McNally has been missing from View Park, California, since Feb. 1.
Someone may have information that could help. Please help us spread the word.
Have information? Call NCMEC at 1-800-THE-LOST or the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office at 310-482-6000. Poster: https://t.co/Hhoe8v0pNK
“Have you tried budgeting?”
Yes. The budget has been budgeted.
The subscriptions are canceled.
The vacations aren't happening.
The car is used.
The apartment is small.
The groceries are generic.
The restaurants are gone.
The clothes aren't new.
And there's still nothing left at the end of the month.
At some point, telling people to budget harder is like telling someone on a sinking ship to organize the deck chairs.
There isn't another expense to cut.
There's a hole in the boat.
🚨INCREDIBLE: 8-year-old Christian McPhilamy endured brutal bullying for two straight years, with classmates mocking him and calling him a girl because he refused to cut his hair.
According to reports, Christian kept his hair growing long despite the relentless teasing, refusing to let the bullies get to him. He never told his classmates why he was doing it, keeping his true mission a complete secret.
The truth was revealed when Christian finally walked into a barber shop and had 10 inches of hair cut off, exposing his reason to the world: he had spent two years growing it out specifically to donate it to Locks of Love, an organization that makes hairpieces for children suffering from cancer.
When asked about the bullying, the young boy simply said, I just wanted to make another kid happy. The story instantly touched millions worldwide, turning the once-bullied boy into a global symbol of kindness.
I cannot stop thinking about Jack Lees choosing to swim back into the rip for the third student.
On 4 June 2024, at Northcott Mouth in Cornwall, three young women were caught in a powerful rip current. Jack and his friend Zaid Anfoka helped two out of the rip. Jack then went back for the third.
He stayed with her for about 40 minutes until she escaped the current. All three women made it back. Jack, 20, did not.
I feel heartbroken by what his courage cost him. I think Britain should know his name (I wish more people did).
Had you heard Jack’s name before?
1 US milk is illegal in Europe
Too many chemicals
2 US bread is considered cake in Europe
Too much sugar
3 US eggs are illegal in UK
They wash off the natural protection
4 US meat is banned in 160 countries
Due to hormones
5 US apples are coated with wax also used for cars
6 In US, 60% of food contains stuff banned in other countries
-@SydesJokes
i have tragic news. elephants in parts of africa are being born without tusks bc of poaching. humans have created such extreme evolutionary pressure that they’re now evolving away from the very feature poachers kept killing them for. their biology is adapting to human violence.
My son’s school sent home a supply list this year.
Glue sticks. Notebooks. Wipes. Tissues.
I pay property taxes every single year. My state is sitting on a $2.8billion surplus. The federal education budget is $268 billion.
His teacher is out $1,100 of her own paycheck buying supplies for kids who aren’t hers.
I’m dropping off a bag of markers like it’s a bake sale.
Meanwhile we just approved $650 million in public funding for a new stadium downtown.
We fund billionaires with tax dollars and fund classrooms with parent donations.
Then act shocked when test scores drop.
Blame the kids when they fall behind.
Blame the parents for not doing enough.
Everyone gets blamed except the people who decided glue sticks weren’t worth the budget line.
Charlotte's Brain Tumour Journey
Diagnosis to Death: 951 days
Age 19
18.2.97 - 24.2.16
23 August 2013
Well, I thought yesterday was bad, but today was even more upsetting.
Charlotte had just had a bath and tried to wash her hair while fighting back the tears. The long, thick hair she used to lovingly condition for ten minutes at a time was no longer there. It was so much shorter and had no style to it.
I was cooking in the kitchen when Charlotte came in. She took a carrier bag out of the cupboard and some scissors from the drawer.
She stood in front of me and announced that she needed to get rid of it all because she was going to lose it anyway.
She asked me to hold the bag open
She took a large bundle of hair and pulled it away from her scalp. Then came the sound of the scissors cutting through her hair. It wasn't easy, as she had such a large handful of it. She cut randomly, not caring what it looked like.
She then shaved the rest of it off using a number one all over.
When all of Charlotte's hair had gone, she actually felt better. She said it was much better than waking up in the morning and finding it all over her pillow.
At least this had been her decision.
Later that day, we still had blood tests. A nurse would come from the local hospital.
Blood tests were going to become another part of our lives.
It seemed that cancer was beginning to govern everything.
https://t.co/mrMKrVYPrx
Charlotte's BAG has funded vital research into speeding up the results of biopsies for patients and clinicians.
Charlotte’s BAG has raised £407,292.52
directly funding research at Charlotte’s Lab, King’s College Hospital, London
We are now £92,707.48 short of raising £500k
If you would like to support a small, self-funding brain tumour charity where 100% of your donation goes directly to research in Charlotte's Lab at King's College Hospital, London, we would be incredibly grateful.
No salaries, overheads, advertising or merchandise.
Every RT helps us reach more people and continue supporting vital brain tumour research in Charlotte's Lab.
Thank you for your support.
Incredible doc!
Nigerian surgeon temporarily removes baby from womb at 23 weeks, removes tumor, then puts her back and she was born healthy at 36 weeks.
Hats off please!