This is just sad ! Aaron Brantley, an 86-year-old, World War II veteran said nobody helped him in the minutes after he was attacked and carjacked during daylight at a busy Detroit gas station and he had to crawl across a concrete parking lot to get help. HuffingtonPost reports: Carjackers broke into his car and broke his leg and drove off with his vehicle. He doesn’t remember being hit, but he does remember feeling the pain of his broken leg as he was forced to crawl on the ground from the pump to the inside of the gas station. The security camera footage of people walking right by him as he crawls and not even looking down, much less offering to help is pretty damn heartbreaking. He eventually made it inside, where he still wasn’t given immediate attention: “People were passing me just like I wasn’t there. … I was crawling and they just walk by me like I’m not there,” he said. Fortunately, he’s got an impressively optimistic outlook on the attack, saying he’s simply glad he wasn’t shot. But his granddaughter hits the nail on the head when she describes how people ignored him: “It’s sickening. It’s disgusting. It’s sad. They treated him like he was a dog.” This is so unfortunate. Thank goodness he’s okay and is recovering from his broken leg. AP/CNN More On Bossip! For Discussion: Viola Davis Wears Her Hair Natural To The Oscars – Revolutionary Or Not? For The Stans: Beyonce, Jay-Z And Blue Ivy Carter Hit The Streets Of NYC For Their First Family Outing [Photos] Has Sweathog Rick Ross Got His Paws On Amber Rose’s Cakes Now? Shining Stars: A Gallery Of Celebrities At The NBA All-Star Game
My name is Zaire, I’m 15, and I’m a true belieber. So far, I’ve had two Bieber experiences and they were great! My first one happened on 2/17/11. I was at home on Twitter and Justin was having one of his crazy re-tweeting sprees. Like every other belieber out there, I tweeted him. He was asking us what our favorite song was on his new album, ‘Never Say Never (The Remixes)’. I tweeted him what my favorite songs were, and sent it, not expecting anything. I noticed that my tweet had a few typos in it, so I tried to go back and change it. Once I did, I went onto Justin’s page, and I screamed. There was my tweet on his page! It happened at10:05 PM on February 17th, 2011 , the one with the typos. I couldn’t believe it! My second Bieber experince happened on 6/11/11. Justin was in the Bay Area in California for a benefit concert in Saratoga, California. I did everything I could to get tickets. I tried winning them off the radio, and checking ticket master for even the worst seats possible. I wanted to go so badly! At around noon that day, I figured there wasn’t a chance I was going to go, so I stop trying. At around 1:30pm, I was on Twitter when I saw a tweet that my friend tweeted, asking if anyone wanted to go to the Justin Bieber concert tonight, because her friend was selling tickets. I thought, “Omg, this can not be happening right now!” So I jumped at the chance. I contacted my friend who knew the girl that was selling the tickets, and she said the price was 2 for $200. One ticket for $100 dollars, no way! So while we were trying to coordinate how and when to get the tickets, the price had suddenly rose from $100 to $300! Suddenly my friend couldn’t go anymore, and I thought my chances of seeing Justin Bieber were over. I was so upset! Just when I was about to give up all hope, my friend contacted me and told me that the price went back down to $200, but I negotiated with her and got the price down to $150, because she just really wanted to sell the tickets. Since my other friend still couldn’t go, I called my best friend Alex and asked her if she wanted to go, and she said yes! She came over and we made our shirts and then my friend came over and we paid for our tickets. Finally the tickets were ours! The venue was small and it was on top of this huge mountain. We finally made it inside and it was chaos! We saw Kenny and Scooter, but we didn’t go up to them because they were too far away from us . We found our seats, which were actually pretty good, considering we didn’t have floor seats, and chilled until finally, it started! It was great! Justin is an amazing performer. He can totally hype the crowd. Right before he performed Eenie Meenie, we took a moment of silence and prayed for Sean Kingston with him. I thought that was so sweet of him to do! When he sang my favorite song, ‘That Should Be Me’, I almost started crying! I couldn’t believe I was there! I can finally say that I’ve been to a Justin Bieber concert! While we were waiting outside for my parents to pick us up, a golf cart drove by, and it had the dancers in it! I have a huge crush on Nick Demoura, and he was literally 10 feet away from me! I freaked out! These 2 Bieber experiences, are days that I will remember forever, but it also teaches me to never give up. If I really want something, I have to work for it. Justin really teaches us that with everything that he does. He’s only 17 and he’s accomplished so much, yet he’s still trying to do more! So thank you Justin for making my dreams come true. I hope I can meet you one day to tell you how much I appreciate you, but for now I’ll keep supporting you with all my heart. I love you and NEVER SAY NEVER! -@OMGOSH_Ziayer Read more: My name is Zaire, I’m 15, and I’m a true belieber….
Parts of downtown Nashville, Tenn. is flooded on Monday, May 3, 2010. The Cumberland River continues to rise at Nashville, but is nearing its crest. Floodwater has spilled onto a couple of downtown streets near the riverfront and restaurants and bars in the tourist district are closed. Water flooded parking lots around the nearby Grand Ole Opry House and the Opry Mills shopping mall, but it wasn#39;t immediately clear if water had made it inside the buildings. On the west side of Nashville, fl
‘He is someone of high moral character and principle,’ singer said of manager Scott ‘Scooter’ Braun. By Eric Ditzian Justin Bieber Photo: Getty Images In both his dress and his words, Justin Bieber has been coming to the defense of his embattled manager, Scott “Scooter” Braun, who was arrested Wednesday in connection with a disorderly mall appearance by the teen pop star in November. Meeting fans in Chicago hours after the arrest, Bieber sported a “Free Scooter” T-shirt , and following Braun’s not-guilty plea to charges of reckless endangerment, criminal nuisance and endangering the welfare of a child, the 16-year-old singer released a statement to The Associated Press defending his manager. “My mother and I are 100 percent behind my manager,” he said. “He is someone of high moral character and principle. The decisions he made that day were to protect the safety of myself and my fans and I am very thankful to have someone in my life who watches over me the way Scooter does.” Braun’s arrest stemmed from an appearance at a Long Island, New York, mall that touched off unrest among the 3,000 fans who turned out to catch a glimpse of the singer. Police shut down the event when they were unable to control the crowd. Some fans refused to leave a narrow area in the mall where Bieber was supposed to sign autographs. The disturbance sent five people to the hospital with minor injuries. Braun is accused of failing to notify fans that the appearance had been canceled in a timely manner. Police had asked Island Def Jam Records executives to send a tweet informing fans of the cancellation. Island Def Jam requested that Braun send a tweet, but after an hour, he had still not complied. Braun reportedly told police that he was in a meeting, without access to a computer. Over an hour later, Braun sent two tweets and the crowd dispersed within 15 minutes. Bieber never made it inside the mall. MTV News will be rolling out previews from “The Diary of Justin Bieber” all week — don’t miss the full show, airing on MTV Sunday at 7:30 p.m. ET! Related Artists Justin Bieber
