Sue Jacquot, the 81-year-old creator known on Twitch as GrammaCrackers, became a Minecraft streamer swatted during a livestream meant to raise money for her 17-year-old grandson’s cancer treatment. The incident happened in the early hours of May 19, interrupting a marathon challenge that had already been running for more than 15 straight days.
The goal was simple enough, at least in theory: keep streaming until she beats Minecraft, while directing attention and donations toward her grandson’s medical care. Then someone decided that what this situation needed was a false emergency call and a heavily armed police response. A choice, certainly.
Why GrammaCrackers was streaming for days
According to reporting by TheGamer, Jacquot began making Twitch streams and YouTube content in October 2025. She started with Minecraft, then expanded into other games including Rocket League and Roblox. Last month, she also earned her first Victory Royale in Fortnite, a milestone many younger players would not discuss with humility.
Still, Minecraft remained the game her community kept asking her to return to. On May 4, she began a continuous livestream titled “Not Ending Until I Beat Minecraft.” The stream was still ongoing after more than two weeks, built around both the challenge itself and the fundraiser for her grandson.
Her audience has been a major part of the story. The appeal is not complicated: an older creator learning games in public, staying cheerful through technical chaos, and using the attention for something painfully real. Viewers tend to respond to that kind of sincerity, especially when it comes without polish or manufactured drama.
What happened during the swatting incident
In a video posted to her official YouTube channel, Jacquot described what happened when police arrived at her property in the early hours of May 19. She said roughly five SWAT cars, 20 police cars, drones, and several heavily armed officers responded to the false report.
Officers entered the property and woke her up. Swatting, for anyone lucky enough not to know, involves making a fake emergency call intended to send armed police to someone’s location. It is dangerous, traumatic, and in this case targeted an 81-year-old woman raising money for cancer treatment.
Jacquot, somehow, described the experience with more calm than most people bring to a delayed coffee order.
“Let me tell you about my swatting experience,” she said in her video. “I was asleep–I was so asleep, I did not wanna get up. These policemen came in the door…the prettiest policewoman I’ve ever seen–beautiful eyes, so sweet, but I think she could kick butt if she needed to…they walked me out, and I didn’t know what was going on, but it was kinda fun.”
How she reacted after police arrived
Jacquot said her family was there as the situation unfolded, and her reaction was strikingly gentle given the circumstances.
“My grandkids and my kid, they were hugging me,” she continued. “You know, you can’t get that much attention normally. I was getting all kinds of hugs. I was really eating it up! It was kinda fun.”
She also said she enjoyed riding in the police car afterward. That does not make the incident harmless, but it does say something about her temperament. Some people go viral by trying very hard. Jacquot appears to have done it by being remarkably unfazed while describing a frightening police response as a family bonding moment.
The online attention may bring more viewers to her stream and, potentially, more donations for her grandson’s treatment. That would be the one useful outcome from an ugly stunt.
It is also hard to miss the larger context. An 81-year-old grandmother has been streaming for days to help pay for a teenager’s cancer care, and was then targeted with a false police call while doing it. The warmth of her response is admirable. The fact that she had to be in this position at all is considerably less charming.
