Trans pilot Jo Ellis shares ‘proof of life’ video amid false claims she flew the helicopter involved in D.C. plane crash
Sexual army The pilot published a video “Proof of Life” on Friday to refute the rumors spread on social media that it was flying on a helicopter in that I collided with a commercial plane close Reagan National Airport on Wednesday evening, killing 67 people.
“I understand that some people have been associated with crashing in the capital, and this is wrong,” said Joe Ellis, a Black Hawk pilot with the Virginia National Guard, in the video on Facebook. “It is insulting to families to try to link this to a kind of political agenda. They do not deserve it. I don’t deserve this. I hope you all know that I am alive and in good health, and this should all be enough for you to end all rumors.”
Several hours before the video was posted, Ellis shared a screenshot on her Facebook account X post Someone shared two pictures of her and made a false claim that she was Black Hawk’s pilot involved in the deadly accident.
Elis immediately did not return to an additional comment.
A spokesman for the National Guard in Virginia confirmed that Els, the chief screaming officer 2, is a soldier who is currently serving and that “there were no employees of the National Guard in Virginia on the Black Hawk who collided with the planes on Wednesday evening.”
Santa Monica Observer, based in Santa Monica, California, and Express Tribune, based in Pakistan, stated on rumors, which informed the observer as the fact that Elis was on board the helicopter and responds Whether the accident is “intended”. As of Friday afternoon, the observer was Update her article But Tribune did not.
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“A military helicopter accident that included a transgender pilot named Joe Elice has sparked a major discussion about X, especially after the accident in which the helicopter collided with the US Airways flight, which led according to screenshots by several users of X.
As of Friday afternoon, Grook corrected its summary of Ellis. And if one of the users asked Amnesty International, Black Hawk pilots were involved in the deadly accident, it is now properly called two of the three concerned.
X did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the Grok AI claims about Ellis.
This week, Ellis wrote An editorial on her life as a member of the service of transgender people and He appearsMr. Dr On SmerconishShe said the executive order for President Donald Trump Except for people converted from service and recruitment In the army makes it nervous.
She said, “I don’t really want to deal with all the main headlines and everything that happens in my service,” she said. “I want to keep my head down, serve, and serve with honor, then I am in the end, perhaps another 15 or 20 years, or whatever my body allows me to fly this helicopter.”
She added: “At a time when it is difficult to fulfill the employment numbers in the army, why do you want, as you know, to offer more soldiers who want to sacrifice their lives for this country?”
The people were increasingly converted falsely Blame for tragedies and violence in recent years, especially after mass shooting. In March 2022, a passing woman lives in Georgia She said she faced harassment and threats After sharing her online photo along with false allegations that she was the shooter who killed 19 children and two adults in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. The shooter was killed at the scene by the police.
Similar or unconfirmed claims have been spread after at least four shootings in the past two years – In NashvilleTennessee; Philadelphia; MadisonWisconsin; and De MineIowa – that the archers were transgender or LGBTQ and that their identities are related to crimes.
These rumors increased via the Internet after violence and tragedies, along with the legislative climate of the state hostile to the state and the federalism increasingly for transit rights. In the past few years, dozens of countries have issued laws Restriction of transitional care and School sports post For passing youth and limiting access to Water cycles and Identity documents For people converted of all ages.
In addition to his executive order, it prevents the people converting from the army, at Trump Executive order signedS advertisement The United States will only learn about two sexes, males and females, and ending diversity, fairness and inclusion programs within federal agencies. It is too I signed an order Directing agencies to ban federal financing for schools that enhance “gender ideology and discriminatory stock ideology” and another aims to do so Restriction of access to transitional care For minors worldwide.
At a press conference on Thursday, Trump indicated that the DEI programs It can cause the killer crash On Potomac, although the investigation has just started.
