My husband is a pilot.
He said pilots have a switch right next to them that unlocks the cockpit door from the inside.
So Captain Smit Machchhar probably didn’t just scream for help. He likely hit that switch before he went down, so the flight attendants and passengers could actually get in.
If the door stays locked, nobody saves that plane.
Kudos to him. That one move helped save a cabin full of people.
Tourists face legal action after being filmed riding a nesting sea turtle in Oman
Honestly, this really makes me angry. A nesting turtle should be left alone, not treated like something people can climb on for a video. Wildlife deserves our respect and space
An owner brought in a 13-year-old dog, asking to euthanize him just because he had bad legs from arthritis. The dog shivered in terror, as if he understood what was about to happen. Looking into the dog's eyes, the vet couldn't do it. So, she decided to take him in herself, giving him a brand-new name: Sam. 🐕🦺💓💓
Excellent news from the US just a shame that our UK judges do not do the same!
A Virginia man Rodney Travis Jr. has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for torturing and killing cats as part of an online fraud scheme.
Concerned Miami resident shared heartbreaking video of a malnourished dog trapped on a high-rise balcony, surrounded by its own feces.
The video quickly went viral, prompting people to report the suspected animal cruelty and bring the situation to the attention of authorities.
In a follow-up video, Miami police are seen rescuing the dog while the owner is led out of the building in handcuffs.
This is what happens when people refuse to look the other way. One person spoke up. Thousands of people amplified it. Authorities were alerted. And an innocent animal was finally given a chance to be rescued.
Thank you to the Miami police for responding promptly and rescuing this poor pup. ❤️🐾
There's a special place in hell for people who abandon their pets.
To leave behind an animal that spent its whole life believing you were home is a level of cruelty I will never understand.
🚨#BREAKING: A Black man in a WIG just BEAT a White mother IN THE HEAD WITH A HAMMER, stepped over her, went for the STAIRS where her KIDS were sleeping...
He NEVER made it.
An old PIT BULL named Athena was waiting, ATTACKED him, AND SAVED THEIR LIVES!!!
The kids never even woke up ❤️
Her owner is Maria Grant, a mother in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
About three weeks ago, Maria heard a knock at the door just before 9 p.m.
She opened it and was immediately struck in the head.
"He's just hitting me over the head with a hammer, and all I'm feeling is the hits and then the waves of blood coming down my face and he didn't stop," Maria told WCCO.
She knew the man. He had done yard work for her.
He had walked her dog.
That night, she says, he showed up wearing a wig.
Maria was on the floor, bleeding, when he turned toward the staircase.
Her young children were asleep upstairs.
That is when Athena went lunged at the man.
"She was biting him," Maria said. "And I could see the bl00d coming out of his legs from his jeans."
He never made it up the stairs.
According to charging documents, he fled the scene and showed up at a hospital... with dog bite wounds.
Maria ended up with SIX STAPLES in her head, but thankfully her children slept through the whole thing.
"This is the closest I've ever been to de*th," Maria said.
"I'm grateful she was there... I don't think I'd be here without her. I think I'll be laying over there on the floor."
The man is now charged with second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, and there is an active warrant out for him.
Maria is healing. Her kids are safe.
And a 7-year-old pit bull did what she was born to do.
GOD BLESS Athena and GOD BLESS Maria Grant.
Amazing!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Dogs and cats are living, feeling animals, not laboratory equipment. I'm proud to sponsor the bipartisan Companion Animal Protection Against Cruel Testing (COMPACT) Act. This stops @HHSGov taxpayer dollars from funding biomedical research using live dogs and cats. Your tax dollars should never fund this caged cruelty. This is an important issue that unites Republicans and Democrats.
An Amazon driver doing a delivery noticed a lot of dogs chained up on a property . He reported it..
Authorities found 107 dogs with heavy chains..
The owner of the property , Vincent Lemark Burrell, was convicted of animal cruelty and dog fighting, and received a 475-year prison sentence.
This was one of the longest sentences of it’s kind.
THEY ONLY HAVE US FOR A LITTLE WHILE. 🐾
Every pet deserves a forever home, because their lives are already far too short. For us, they may be a chapter of our lives. But to them, we are their whole world.
#RememberMeThursday#AdoptDontShop#PEPInspires#PEPSocial#PEPAly
Hundreds of thousands of dollars are pouring in for 81-year-old Donald Johnson after the internet found out he was working 14-hour days to help pay for his wife's cancer treatment.
For the past three years, Johnson has delivered lost luggage after struggling to find other work to cover their bills, all while helping care for Josephine, his wife of 57 years.
Then a North Texas resident saw him struggling with the bags and decided to step in, launching a GoFundMe to help with the couple's medical bills and give Johnson a chance to finally retire.
Now, strangers have raised more than $270,000 for the couple.
Johnson says the support could finally let him put down the luggage and spend more time where he wants to be: by his wife's side.