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2025-01-20 00:23:19 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: EF029B91B5B4DD4D812C1E984372219EAE05407E7CE7B47A2F9420D8276D5403
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This is false. Beverly Eckert was one of 40 relatives of victims of the 9/11 and USS Cole attacks who met Obama that day over concerns about plans to close Gitmo. There is no evidence whatsoever Obama gave her tickets for the flight that crashed six days later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Obama_and_Beverly_Eckert.jpg https://www.nydailynews.com/2009/02/07/911-cole-victims-families-pleased-after-visit-with-president-obama-over-gitmo/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colgan_Air_Flight_3407#:~:text=%5B33%5D-,Beverly%20Eckert,-%2C%20who%20had%20become
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