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Viral image stated on August 01, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows “7 Marines killed in training exercise yesterday.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 4, 2020

Bloggers stated on January 26, 2020 in a post on Facebook:

"NEW INFO SAYS KOBE BRYANT AND ALL 4 OF HIS DAUGHTER HAVE DIED FROM HELICOPTER CRASH."

By Tom Kertscher• January 27, 2020

Instagram posts stated on May 20, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Israel War Room posted a helicopter emoji “minutes before the news of the Iranian President’s helicopter crash landing broke.”

By Loreben Tuquero• May 20, 2024

Instagram posts stated on January 30, 2025 in a video:

The U.S. Army helicopter in the Jan. 29 plane collision was the same model of helicopter in the 2020 Kobe Bryant crash.

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• February 7, 2025

Coast Guard stated on July 20, 2015 in news release:

"Every year the First Coast Guard District saves 350 lives in the Northeast."

By Mark Reynolds• August 2, 2015

Donald Trump stated on June 06, 2018 in a conference call about hurricane season:

Says that people "went out in their boats to watch" Hurricane Harvey.

By W. Gardner Selby• June 7, 2018

Threads posts stated on February 05, 2025 in a post:

President Donald Trump said he “‘didn’t have time’ to meet the families of the men, women and children who tragically died in the plane crash.”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• February 14, 2025

Facebook posts stated on April 01, 2024 in a Facebook post:

It’s a sign of war that the U.S. Navy is assisting the U.S. Coast Guard in cleaning up Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge site.

By Jeff Cercone• April 5, 2024

Facebook posts stated on January 31, 2025 in a Facebook post:

“Pilot of Blackhawk helicopter that crashed into passenger jet at Reagan National was a transgender woman named Jo Ellis.”

By Loreben Tuquero• January 31, 2025

Threads posts stated on January 31, 2025 in a Threads post:

The Black Hawk helicopter involved in the American Airlines crash “was being controlled remotely.”

By Sofia Ahmed• February 3, 2025

Viral image stated on January 26, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says a video shows the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant.

By Ciara O'Rourke• January 27, 2020

Facebook posts stated on January 30, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Video shows “airplane crash with helicopter in Washington D.C.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• February 4, 2025

X posts stated on January 30, 2025 in an X post:

“The VIP on the Black Hawk helicopter that crashed was Barack Obama.”

By Sofia Ahmed• January 30, 2025

Viral image stated on January 26, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says a video shows footage of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant.

By Ciara O'Rourke• January 27, 2020

Instagram posts stated on February 12, 2024 in Instagram posts:

Joe Biden’s tweet is proof that a helicopter crash that killed six Nigerian billionaires was planned by Biden.

By Sofia Ahmed• February 16, 2024

Donald Trump stated on August 08, 2024 in a press conference:

“I went down in a helicopter with (Willie Brown). We thought maybe this is the end. We were in a helicopter going to a certain location together and there was an emergency landing.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• August 9, 2024

Facebook posts stated on January 26, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says former NBA player Rick Fox was also on board with Kobe Bryant

By Samantha Putterman• January 27, 2020

X posts stated on September 11, 2020 in a Tweet:

“Here is the fire drone video that Twitter, Google, and YouTube didn't want us to see.”

By Noah Y. Kim• September 16, 2020

Instagram posts stated on January 31, 2025 in a post on Instagram:

CNN reported on the Potomac River plane and helicopter crash “hours before it happened.”

By Madison Czopek• February 4, 2025

Barack Obama stated on June 25, 2008 in Chicago:

"Our National Guard, as we saw in the Midwest flooding, can't function as effectively as it could. I was talking to National Guard representatives. Fifteen of their 17 helicopters in this region were overseas during the flooding."

By Stephanie Garry• July 9, 2008

Did Donald Trump’s firing of aviation officials make the DC crash likelier? Doubtful, experts say

By Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero• January 30, 2025

Fact-checking Chuck Schumer on Coast Guard staffing’s role in Mexican ship’s Brooklyn Bridge crash

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 22, 2025

Trump ordered a hiring freeze. Did it include air traffic controllers as Rep. Jasmine Crockett said?

By Grace Abels• February 7, 2025

How misinformation about Kobe Bryant’s death spread online

By Daniel Funke, Ciara O'Rourke• January 28, 2020

Are there more plane accidents happening this year? That’s not what federal data shows

By Loreben Tuquero• February 24, 2025

Two ships colliding with bridges in the same week? That’s not unusual, reports show

By Jeff Cercone• April 4, 2024

The Guard is strained, but so are Obama's facts

By Stephanie Garry• July 9, 2008

Fact-checking 5 misleading claims about Helene relief efforts in North Carolina

By Paul Specht• October 5, 2024

Vietnam and Afghanistan: Different wars, similar endings?

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• August 17, 2021

Baltimore bridge collapse: Why the federal government is paying upfront to fix it

By Jeff Cercone, Loreben Tuquero• April 2, 2024

Did the Koch brothers run an Alaskan oil refinery into the ground?

By Julie Kliegman• April 21, 2014

Was Joe Biden’s uncle eaten by cannibals after World War II crash? Experts say it’s highly unlikely

By Louis Jacobson• April 18, 2024

Fact-check: What to know about US military boat strikes as death toll passes 200

By Maria Briceño• June 2, 2026

Epstein emails led to rumors that Trump spent 2017 Thanksgiving with him. Here’s what we found.

By Loreben Tuquero• November 19, 2025

Clay Pell's full-time residency in R.I. tough to measure

By John Hill• March 9, 2014

Three-hour delay: A Pentagon-National Guard timeline for Jan. 6

By Louis Jacobson• March 5, 2021

Fact checking a Donald Trump appearance in Milwaukee

By Tom Kertscher• April 1, 2016

Can President Donald Trump send the military to secure the border?

By Miriam Valverde• April 4, 2018

Fact-checking claims on climate change

By Lauren Carroll, Linda Qiu• September 3, 2015

Timeline of Brian Williams' statements on Iraqi helicopter attack

By Lauren Carroll• February 5, 2015

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