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An 11-year-old girl was kidnapped while walking home from her school bus and forced into the back seat of a blue Honda. Hours later, Amanda Disley and Benny Correa were driving with their five children when they looked over and realized that exact car was right beside them. Amanda called 911 while Benny followed the Honda through traffic as police tried to close in. The driver started speeding through red lights and side streets, but Benny stayed with him while Amanda kept updating dispatch with their location. Eventually, officers boxed the Honda in and found Charlotte inside. She was pulled from the car alive and reunited with her family because Amanda and Benny refused to lose sight of the car carrying her. The driver, 24-year-old Miguel Rodriguez, was arrested and charged with kidnapping, assault with a dangerous weapon and witness intimidation. Amanda and Benny didn’t know Charlotte. They just knew a little girl needed help, and they stayed with that car until she got it. 💙

MISSING HOWARD UNIVERSITY STUDENT FOUND SAFE: Missing Howard University student Esube “Izzy” Wondwossen has been located safely and is in good health according to police. #PGPD

A mother and her three young children were trapped inside an upside-down SUV that was filling with water in a Florida canal. One of the little boys was banging on the door, screaming that his mom’s head was underwater. That’s when Casey Curtis heard the cries and ran toward the canal. He reached the submerged SUV and started pulling the children out one by one, getting all three to safety. But their mother was still inside. Casey went back to the vehicle and found her unconscious, still buckled into her seat with her head underwater. He lifted her face above the water, realized she wasn’t breathing and gave her a breath right there in the canal. She started breathing again. The mother spent several days in intensive care, but she survived. All three of her children survived too. Those kids watched a stranger pull them from a sinking SUV, then turn around and go back into the water for their mom when she couldn’t save herself. Casey Curtis is the kind of person people should know about.

A bank won’t approve a $1,000,000 mortgage for someone making $100k a year. A dealership won’t finance a $75,000 car for someone earning $35k. But an 18 year old can take on $250,000 in student debt for a degree that leads to a $40,000 salary. No credit check. No income verification. No reality check. We let kids who can’t rent a car make six figure financial commitments that can follow them for decades. Then we ask why so many young adults struggle to get ahead. The bank protects its money. The dealership protects its money. The university gets paid. And the student gets the debt.

HOWARD UNIVERISTY STUDENT MISSING: 22-year-old Howard University student Esube “Izzy” Wondwossen has been missing since Sept. 15. She was last seen leaving Pentagon Metro Station around 7:57 a.m. Her family says this is out of character and they’re worried something happened to her. Anyone with information is asked to contact Prince George’s County Police. missingpersons.princegeorges… #PGPD

I’m about 25 cents a gallon away from removing my drivers side floorboard & Fred Flintstoneing this bitch.

Gen X defined: Ages 45-61 Looks 35-40 Will 100% throw hands Doesn't care about your feelings Cusses a lot Will make you cry with words Great work ethic Pragmatic Zero tolerance for stupidity Skeptical of authority Doesn't trust anyone at 1st Extremely loyal friend Figures shit out Most likely your boss Works hard, plays hard No fear Sarcastic as fuck Still listens to the same music Knows lyrics to Rock, Rap & Country Proficient in analog & digital tech Self reliant Adaptable to any environment Just wants to be left alone

My neighbor finished paying off her house in 2024. She bought it in 1994 for $78,000. Thirty years of payments at $593 a month. She's 74 now. Social Security pays her $1,910 a month. That's $22,920 a year. The place two doors down sold for $615,000 last spring, so the county reassessed hers to match. Her tax bill this year: $8,100. That's $675 a month. She paid $593 a month to buy the house. She pays $675 a month to keep it. Thirty years of payments ended and the bill went up. The deed says she owns it. The county bills her like she's renting.

It has been revealed that the City of Asheville, NC, will reportedly rebuild only 8 houses using the $225 million grant it received from the Trump administration following Hurricane Helene. That's correct…..Eight.…out of 11,488 damaged homes. The city allocated only $3 million for home repairs. Meanwhile, $14.9 million was allocated for “administration.” That means nearly five times more was allocated for administration than for repairing homes for people affected by the disaster. And that's not the worst of it…. More than 100 approved families are reportedly currently on a waitlist for assistance that they may never receive. After receiving the $225 million federal grant, Asheville residents deserve answers about exactly where the money is going — and how much is actually reaching families whose homes were damaged or destroyed. @asheville @AvlWatchdog H/T Deep Leaks

The boy called ‘PELE’⚽️⚽️⚽️

🚨 They didn’t come to shop. A couple walked into Black Friday Deals in Morrow, Georgia on Saturday, Sept 5th — and waited for a shopper to turn her back. One unguarded second. They snatched her entire purse off the cart. Car keys. House keys. Cash. Credit cards. Then they took off. The store desperately needs this couple identified. X family — if you know this pair, speak up. Things need to change in our society. Let’s give this woman the justice she deserves. 👜 #TheHopeFiles

The Sandy Creek Varsity Football team has been chosen as the AJC Varsity Team of the Week! The Patriots are off to a 2–0 start with wins over Class 7A programs Grayson (21–13) and Douglas County (21–0). Congrats to our players and coaches on this well-deserved recognition!

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Michael Coats Jr. was good at football as a kid. Everyone around Louisville, Mississippi, knew the little running back tearing up Pop Warner games. Then in ninth grade, he quit. Football, and every other sport. "I just didn't have a drive for it," Coats said. "I can't tell you why. I just honestly didn't have a drive for it." He never played a single down of high school football. Instead of practice, he worked the 5 PM to 1 AM shift at an arcade, selling tokens. He graduated high school and kept doing exactly that. At some point, standing behind that counter, something clicked. "I realized that that wasn't something I wanted to do with my life." Here's the part that sounds made up. Coats was scrolling Facebook when he saw an advertisement for open tryouts at East Central Community College, a JUCO program in Mississippi. His friends who played college ball would come home in the summer and run 7-on-7 with him, and he'd kept up with all of them. So he went to the tryout. Off a Facebook flyer. Having not played organized football since he was 14. He made the team. Three years at JUCO. Then two seasons at Nevada. Then a transfer to West Virginia for his final year, where he started all 12 games and became one of the top cover corners in the Big 12, giving up just 17 catches and one touchdown all season. At his Pro Day, the 5-foot-9 corner ran a 4.39 forty, faster than everybody else there. He was never invited to the NFL Combine. That time would have finished third among all cornerbacks who were. He went undrafted in April. The Browns signed him as a free agent anyway. Today, Cleveland put him on their 53 man roster. Coats has thought about the years he stepped away, and he doesn't regret them. "I'm a big believer in God, and it was a journey, and maybe it wasn't meant for me to play then. Maybe that time that I worked hard and stepped away gave me an advantage because I'm still fresh right now, not banged up knees and bruises. Everything happened for a reason." A kid who quit the game at 14, spent his nights in an arcade, and found his way back through a Facebook ad is now in the NFL.

One of my buddy’s sons skipped college and became an electrician at 18. He was told either college or military were his only two options. His parents weren’t exactly excited when he went to trade school. Actually they were a little embarrassed. Most of their friends’ kids were going off to universities. Their son was showing up to job sites at 6am. By 21 he was making $90k By 24 he had his master electrician license making over $120k At 27 he started taking his own jobs on the side for a total of $200k Last year at 29 his little “electrician business” did $1.8M with 4 vans. Funny how that works. His parents used to explain why he didn’t go to college. Now they tell everyone he owns an electrical company. We need more 18-year-olds to know this path exists. Day 229 tagging @mikeroweworks until more parents start bragging about trade school too. Consider to RT if you agree.

HEARTWARMING: #NFL icon Michael Irvin surprised Miami RB Mark Fletcher Jr’s mom Linda with a CUSTOM-WRAPPED RV so she can travel to all of her son’s games this season. Linda refuses to fly & drove over 17,000 MILES last season just to watch her son play.

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Who is this trash on my profile?!🤬