Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-07-11 01:24:25 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D1F02C1C53CB7F629DE4A9FBF06E613FA1689D47F2EF211ED6EE7249837D011D
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While Beverly Eckert did meet with President Obama and tragically died in a plane crash shortly thereafter, the meme's specific claims about Obama giving her plane tickets and the exact timing are false and misleading. https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=6870794&page=1 https://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/13/crash.eckert/index.htm https://www.nbcmiami.com/local/natlsept-11-widow-among-plane-crash-victims/1869177/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Eckert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colgan_Air_Flight_3407
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