Jo Ellis, a transgender helicopter pilot for the Virginia National Guard, dispelled false claims regarding her involvement in a deadly collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. After being misidentified in social media, including by the AI chatbot Grok, she issued a public statement affirming her safety and condemning the rumors as disrespectful to the victims' families. Ellis emphasized that no Virginia National Guard members were on the helicopter involved in the crash that killed service members and 64 others, stating that the Department of Defense handles casualty notifications.
I hope that you all know that I am alive and well, and this should be sufficient for you all to end all the rumors.
It is insulting to the families to try to tie this to some sort of political agenda. They don't deserve that. I don't deserve this.
The Department of Defense is responsible for casualty notifications. There were no Virginia National Guard personnel on that Black Hawk that collided with the jetliner on Wednesday evening.
When prompted about the crash, Grok replied that a military helicopter crash involving a transgender pilot named Jo Ellis has sparked significant discussion on X.
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