Matt Van Swol
@mattvanswol • 567,844 subscribers
Former Nuclear Scientist for US Dept of Energy | Ex-Photographer for @apple, @united, and @hyatt
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🚨THIS IS INSANE!!! A daughter drove HUNDREDS of miles to check on her sick 75-year-old father... only to find the locks changed and a Ring camera on his door. When she climbed through a window to reach her own dad, SHE got arrested for trespassing. Then she was told, THROUGH THE DOORBELL, that he was no longer alive and that the NURSE who "took care of him" actually now OWNED HER DAD'S HOUSE. This happened in Conway, South Carolina, and it will make your blood boil. Her name is Nora Rowland. Her dad was Robert Rowland, 75 years old and a vulnerable man living with Parkinson's and a brain injury. Nora and her father were incredibly close. A "daddy's girl," she said. They FaceTimed every single week. Then, in early 2024, a nurse named Sarah Smalls started caring for Robert through a home care company. And that's when Nora says her dad started to disappear. The weekly calls slowed. Then stopped. Something was wrong. So on Father's Day, when she didn't hear from him, she got in her car and drove from Baltimore all the way to South Carolina to check on the man she loved. When she got there, his front door had been replaced. A Ring camera was watching her. She couldn't get into her own father's home. So she climbed through a window. And police arrested her and her partner for TRESPASSING... at her own dad's house. And then, over that Ring doorbell, she was told her father had died. Nora says that in the weeks before her father died, that nurse had the DEED to his house signed over to herself. ...and the family wasn't told until he was already gone. To be clear... man with Parkinson's and a BRAIN INJURY, who was classified as a vulnerable adult was allowed to SIGN HIS HOME AWAY. In Nora's own words: "He would never think that someone could do this to him. I really can't emphasize enough how many other people could easily get taken advantage of like this." Her trespassing charges were dismissed, s now she's fighting in court to get her father's house back. The nurse refused to comment. The care company claimed they knew nothing, but Nora says she has subpoenaed documents proving otherwise. Police are still investigating.
Matt Van Swol5,069,909 görüntüleme • 1 gün önce
🚨WOW!!! A Bronx pizzeria owner saw a woman eating out of his GARBAGE. He walked outside, took her by the hand, led her in, and pulled a hot slice straight from the oven for her. She sat down and cried. He said: "Don't cry. Eat. I don't want you eating out of a garbage." ❤️ His name is Daniel Romano. He owns D'Romano's Pizza in the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx. He didn't shoo her away. "I grabbed her by the hand and I led her to the pizzeria and I went in the oven and I got her a fresh slice and gave it to her. Sat down and she started crying. I said, 'don't cry, eat. This is not a problem.'" In that moment, he decided he'd never let it happen to anyone again. So he grabbed a marker, wrote a sign by hand, and taped it in his window for the whole neighborhood to see: "To the people eating out of my garbage, I have more love for you than you think. Please come in and tell me you're hungry. I will forever give you a slice and fresh water to drink." When they asked him why, his answer was simple. "Right now, I think this world is shot. There's too much hate. Too much negativity. Why not put a smile on someone's face?" And it turns out this runs deep for Daniel. It goes all the way back to his mother, Carmella. "She had a saying in Italian. She used to say, 'a desperate person will always make a better decision on a full stomach than on an empty.' "It always stuck with me. So I feed people." A desperate person makes a better decision on a full stomach. That handwritten sign has traveled way past the Bronx now. Daniel says people are calling him from Texas, Arkansas, Hawaii, even Alaska, all wanting to chip in and buy slices for hungry strangers they'll NEVER MEET. "Don't ask me, I didn't even know Alaska had a phone." It all started with one slice. One woman. One man who did something kind. GOD BLESS Daniel Romano. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Matt Van Swol931,364 görüntüleme • 1 gün önce
🚨 DEAR GOD!!!!!!! The 16-year-old in Charlotte NC, Jonah Oliver, who racked up more than 275 CHARGES in under 3 months... ...HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM PRISON, AGAIN!!!!! Gunpoint carjacking? DISMISSED. Sh00ting into an occupied home? DISMISSED. Weapon of mass destruction? DISMISSED. Handgun by a minor? DISMISSED. He pled to TWO watered down "conspiracy" counts and got a SUSPENDED sentence. So what is his punishment? ZERO additional days in prison. Suspended sentence. 24 months probation. 50 hours of community service. ...FOR A REPEAT OFFENDER WHO HAS RACKED UP NERALY 300 CHARGES!!!!!!!!!! He faced nearly 15 YEARS IN PRISON and now will serve zero. He's out of prison, walking around Charlotte NC as a free man right now. WHAT THE HELL ARE WE DOING NORTH CAROLINA?!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WILL YOU WAKE UP, EVER???????????!!!!!! WE DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Matt Van Swol372,202 görüntüleme • 18 saat önce
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🚨#BREAKING: Absolute CHAOS broke out at the Wisconsin State Fair as "teens" began BEATING ANYONE IN SIGHT. MULTIPLE police officers were badly beaten, as families with kids were seen RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES as teens began brawling. WE DON'T HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS!!!
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🚨#BREAKING: Absolutely HORRIFYING footage has emerged from a Miami High School where it appears a group of Black students BRUTALLY BEAT a White student in the halls of the school. The video shows the Black teens punch him, throw him to the ground, and then STOMP ON HIS HEAD. According to officials, when first responders arrived, they found an 18-year-old who had been st*bbed and rushed him to a Trauma Center in stable condition. Medics also found a 15-year-old boy who had a cut to his hand. Criminal charges have been filed, but not immediately clear against who.
Matt Van Swol234,177 görüntüleme • 22 saat önce
🚨WOW!!! A foster mom caring for THREE special-needs kids couldn't afford the parts to fix her van's broken AC. So a total stranger bought the parts himself, fixed it for free, and had it running before she got there. When she reached in and felt cold air for the first time… she broke down crying. ❤️ The strangers name is Michael Kuba. And that story? It's just one of thousands. About 11 years ago, Michael's own van AC died and the car shop quoted him almost $4,000. He had 3 little kids crying in the back seat in the Arizona heat… and no way to pay it. So he did the only thing he could do. He bought some tools. Watched YouTube. And through pure trial and error, he taught himself to fix it. Then he had a thought: how many other families are stuck in this exact spot? That was the birth of The Junkie Garage, a nonprofit in Glendale, Arizona. The rules are almost unbelievable. No income checks. No paperwork. No questions about your money or your past. You bring the parts. Y ou donate whatever you can afford for the labor. That's it. "I don't ask you for your income. I don't ask you who you are, where you came from, or anything like that. I just wanna help people get their cars working right." An AC job that runs $2,000 to $4,000 at a normal shop? His average customer pays less than $300, donations included. ...but Michael doesn't do it alone. His son Matthew has been right there beside him, wrench in hand, since he was EIGHT years old. He's a teenager now, and he's still there every week, fixing cars for strangers in his community. "It's an amazing bonding experience, and it gives me an opportunity most kids don't get." A dad teaching his boy how to fix an alternator… and how to be a man. Michael puts it like this: "You haven't lived until you've done something for someone that can never repay you." He's got dreams of a bigger shop, more volunteers, more cars, more families kept on the road to work and school and church. "If you have the ability to help people, just do it." GOD BLESS Michael and Matthew Kuba. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Matt Van Swol160,614 görüntüleme • 13 saat önce
I have heartbreaking news out of Tulsa, Oklahoma. A White husband and wife who ran a small towing business were BOTH sh0t and k*lled at work by a Black male... ...over a car. They leave behind a 12-year-old daughter they had JUST ADOPTED less than 8 months ago. Their names were Mike and Mary Moore, they owned Mike's Towing in Tulsa. On Friday morning, police say a group of three people showed up to get a vehicle that had been repossessed. A dispute turned physical inside the office. Police say one of the men, Darius Jones, pulled out a gun and pointed it at Mike. Mike drew his own weapon to defend himself and his wife, sh0ts were fired. Police say Jones sh0t both Mike and Mary, but before Mike went down, he managed to sh00t Jones in the arm. Mary passed away right there at the scene and Mike passed away later at the hospital. And Jones? He was treated for his arm, released from the hospital... and is now charged with two counts of m*rder. Earlier this year, Mike and Mary opened their home and their hearts and adopted a 12-year-old girl. They chose her. They gave her a family. A mom and a dad. And now she has neither... You won't find this story in the mainstream media. There will be no protests for them. No monuments to them, no laws passed in their name. But they DESERVE to be remembered, they deserve to have their stories told. Please pray for that little girl tonight. SAY THEIR NAMES: Mike and Mary Moore. They deserved to grow old watching their daughter grow up.
Matt Van Swol552,224 görüntüleme • 2 gün önce
🚨#BREAKING: Leftists are demanding that a White police officer be FIRED after he yanked a Black man out of his car by his hair. Officer: "Get out of the car!" Repeatedly. Passenger: Does not. Officer: Removes him from the car According to the police report: Trooper Theodore “Teddy” Henderson clocked a car at 82 mph in a 60 zone, then the driver fled. Speeds hit 130+ mph and spike strips and two TVI (PIT) maneuvers ended the chase. After the vehicle was immobilized, the officer ordered him out. When he didn't, he broke the rear window with a baton and grabbed his wrist and dreadlocks, pulled him toward the opening, and punched him in the face. A second punch occurred on the ground while officers tried to handcuff him. Washington, the passenger, was charged with obstruction of governmental operations and resisting arrest. A front-seat passenger complied and was released. Leftists are demanding the officer be fired for excessive force.
Matt Van Swol765,785 görüntüleme • 3 gün önce
🚨#BREAKING: City garbage truck workers will NOT face any criminal charges after they used the truck's hydraulic claw to pick up a homeless woman sleeping in a pile of trash... and crushed her. After they realized what they had done, they never called 911. The police report says they, "didn't think she was really hurt" and began laughing when they realized they had picked up the woman with the claw. Her name was Tyrah Adams, she was 35 years old. On February 12th, Louisville Metro Public Works crews were doing a routine cleanup of an alley where Tyrah was sleeping among some debris, off 26th and Cedar. Surveillance video shows the truck's claw grab a large pile, with Tyrah inside it, lift it, and drop it back down. The coroner ruled it a "delayed fat*lity." Tyrah was still alive and limped herself to a store where the workers in there eventually called 911 while the garbage men watched from the truck. In fact, the police report says the garbage men "didn't think she was really hurt" and the workers were seen laughing afterward. Tyrah passed away later at a hospital. And this week, the county attorney announced: no charges. One worker is no longer with the city. Two are on unpaid leave.
Matt Van Swol729,662 görüntüleme • 3 gün önce
I have a sad and genuinely infuriating story... A little donkey named HeeHaw was sh0t and k*lled... by police... in the middle of the night... on his own family's farm. His "crime"? He ran up to the officers braying, being a friendly donkey. This happened in Polk County, Georgia, around 12:45 in the morning. According to the family that owns Elsberry Riding and Farm, officers came onto their property, into the pasture, searching for a missing person. The family says they did it without permission. And there was HeeHaw. A small, curious donkey doing what donkeys do. The family says he ran up to the officers braying to greet them. The family says the officers tried to TASE him first and then one of them sh0t him, and he passed away. A small donkey trotting up braying is not a threat. You do not need a taser, and you SURE AS HELL don't need a bullet, for a friendly farm animal, any Southern person knows that. To their credit, the department is not sweeping it away. The Cedartown Police Chief launched an investigation and put the officer who fired on administrative leave. GOOD. And the Sheriff's Office, which wasn't even involved, took the time to send condolences to the family. HeeHaw wasn't a threat. He was a pet. And he trusted people right up until the end. Rest easy, HeeHaw. 💔
Matt Van Swol256,300 görüntüleme • 1 gün önce
🚨#BREAKING: Absolutely INSANE footage has emerged from outside of a MIDDLE SCHOOL near Miami FL that appears to show a group of "teens" chasing a man INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC and attacking him. Witnesses say the altercation started at a McDonalds where the man used "racial slurs" and the teens then chased the man outside and began attacking him into the street. The man drops his McDonalds bag as the attack began and the video also appears to show a teen throw McDonalds food at the man before running away and being tripped by another teen.
Matt Van Swol105,160 görüntüleme • 15 saat önce
I will never forget the day that I watched Democrats refuse to stand for Iryna Zarutska’s mother at the State of the Union. It was so shockingly evil, that even while I watched it, I could barely believe it. Honestly, I still can’t. It was so insanely radicalizing.
Matt Van Swol2,033,536 görüntüleme • 10 gün önce
🚨#BREAKING: The Moroccan Muslims who have invaded the small Spanish city of Ceuta are now BREAKING INTO STORES by the HUNDREDS. Police are completely overwhelmed. Migrants can be seen running from one store to the next, grabbing items and running. WHERE IS THE MILITARY?!!!!!
Matt Van Swol8,400,884 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
🚨#BREAKING: An Ohio construction crew heard tiny SCREAMS coming from INSIDE a massive excavator… They crawled underneath, started taking the machine apart, and found a tiny KITTEN trapped inside. They saved her life, then they ADOPTED HER AND GAVE HER A JOB. 😂❤️ Her name is Sue, she even has her own custom-made hard hat and safety vest. On July 14, a crew from River Reach Construction was working at a job site in Leavittsburg, Ohio, when operating supervisor Chase Guello heard something strange coming from one of their excavators. At first it sounded almost like a faint beep or screech. So Chase started looking. He climbed onto the machine and looked down into the engine bay… …and there was a TINY ORANGE KITTEN walking around inside the excavator. There was no easy way to reach her, so Chase crawled UNDERNEATH the machine and started removing the skid plate. Finally, out popped this absolutely tiny kitten. Their “rescue mission of the day” had gone from fixing construction equipment to saving a little life. 😂 The guys brought her straight into their air-conditioned office trailer and started taking care of her. They spent DAYS searching the area for her mother or any siblings because they didn’t want to separate her from a family that might still be nearby. They couldn’t find another cat. So the construction crew decided this little girl was their problem now, s they found an experienced foster family who could properly care for her while she was still tiny, and for the next two weeks she was nursed back to health. And obviously a kitten discovered inside an excavator needed an appropriate name. The machine was a Komatsu. So they named her… KOMATSU. Sue for short. 😂😂😂 It gets even better. Videos of Sue’s rescue started spreading online and eventually reached the people at KOMATSU THEMSELVES. So the company sent their smallest new employee some proper PPE: A TINY SAFETY VEST. AND A TINY HARD HAT. 😭😂❤️ After two weeks in foster care, Sue was healthy enough to return to the people who found her. River Reach’s shop mechanic, Jared, and his family are giving her a permanent home. And once Sue is old enough, Jared plans to bring her back and forth to work with him. Her official position??? SHOP CAT. Chase said something about the whole thing that I absolutely love. "We sometimes get stereotyped as rough around the edges and not having feelings, but we still care for such a little kitten.” Millions of people have now watched Sue’s story. All because a construction worker heard a tiny noise inside a gigantic machine… …and cared enough to stop what he was doing and find out what it was. Good work, boys. 🇺🇸
Matt Van Swol857,061 görüntüleme • 5 gün önce
🚨#BREAKING: A White male who spends his ENTIRE LIFE feeding the homeless was just brutally ATTACKED from behind, robbed, and KICKED IN THE HEAD… …by two Black men Police say the attack was “completely random” and unprovoked. His name is Greg Medina, he is 48 years old. He works as a chef serving the homeless through Lutheran Social Services, he is also the sole provider for his 12-year-old daughter. After an exhausting week, Greg was sitting in the jacuzzi at his San Bernardino apartment complex, listening to a class through his earbuds. Minding his own business. Police say two people walked up behind him in the hot ton, one of them kicked him in the back of the head with everything they had, stole everything and ran. It’s all on video. Completely unprovoked. He went to the ER with a concussion, but because he’s the only one putting food on the table for his little girl, he could only afford ONE day off. Then back to work he went with his head still ringing. They could have easily k*led him, it’s a miracle, he wasn’t knocked unconscious and drowned in the Jacuzzi. The police have not yet a SINGLE PERSON...
Matt Van Swol1,951,331 görüntüleme • 11 gün önce
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🚨#BREAKING: Absolutely HORRIFYING footage has emerged from a "teen takeover" in North Charleston SC. It appears that a White female police officer was severely BEATEN by a mob of Black teens... including with what appears to be a Roman Candle. This is hard to watch.
Matt Van Swol14,156,508 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
🚨WHAT ON EARTH?!!!! A group of preschoolers in NYC who spent MONTHS growing corn for a school project walked outside to find it completely destroyed... ...by a Black male He was caught on video chopping down literally EVERY SINGLE STALK OF CORN and stuffing it in a trash can. The school's owner, Mily Caballero, had to explain it to a room full of toddlers. In her words: "Some of my students began to cry. They couldn't understand why someone would do this." No one has been arrested. What kind of person destroys a pre-schoolers CORN PATCH?!!!!!!!
Matt Van Swol1,502,843 görüntüleme • 10 gün önce
🚨#BREAKING: Police in Winona Minnesota are stunned after EVERY SINGLE ONE of their Flock cameras were suddenly removed in a single night. According to the police department, all 8 of the town's cameras were cut down and hauled away. Police are asking for the public's help to identify the individual, but the public has been leaving comments like: "The Flock cameras tore themselves down" "Whoever did it, was fishing with me" "Whoever it was, was at Bible study with me"
Matt Van Swol5,293,283 görüntüleme • 28 gün önce
🚨#BREAKING: A German soccer fan who flew to the USA but was fearful about coming because of news about criminals and people being mean... ...breaks down into TEARS, live on air saying he has FALLEN IN LOVE with America after a random man named "Bob" in Boston gave him a ride home after he was stuck at a game with no way back to his hotel The German soccer fan's name is Sebastian, he said after meeting Bob, he extended his entire trip. He said leaving America will hurt worse than watching Germany get knocked out of the World Cup. "I fall in love with America. I'm sorry, it's just so emotional. Americans are not rude... if we are together, we can achieve great things." THIS IS THE AMERICA I KNOW!!!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Matt Van Swol13,617,616 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
🚨WOW!!! A 12-year-old boy was asleep on the couch when he woke up to a grown man CHOKING his mother. He ran to the kitchen, grabbed the sharpest knife he could find… and SAVED HER LIFE, ST*BBING THE MAN TWICE UNTIL HE STOPPED CHOKING HIS MOMMA. ❤️ His name is Xavier Leathers. It happened just after midnight this past Saturday at an apartment in Temple Hills, Maryland. Xavier was asleep on the couch when his mom's boyfriend came into the home and started choking her. The man got two good grips on her throat before Xavier could even move. But this kid knew that if he didn't do something, RIGHT then, his mother might not survive. "Something in my body told me to. I had to take action then or something bad would happen… she'll probably not make it." So he ran to the kitchen. Grabbed the sharpest knife he could find. And came back. The man was still on top of his mother, trying to get his other arm around her. Xavier st*bbed him twice, near the rib cage. And just like that, the choking stopped. His mom didn't even know what happened at first. "I had no idea why he stopped choking me until later when I overheard the police say he was stabbed twice." The man was taken into custody. Xavier walked away with just a cut from the struggle. His mom is okay. She went to the hospital, then filed for a protective order. And here's what his mama said about her boy: "I'm thankful that he was brave enough to do it, because I probably wouldn't be here." GOD BLESS Xavier Leathers. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Matt Van Swol276,499 görüntüleme • 2 gün önce