The allegations have been used to support wider misinformation narratives that have grown following the punishing Category 4 storm as federal, state and local governments work with a range of group…
National Guard members stand outside of a Black Hawk helicopter during a supply delivery assignment on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, in Burnsville, N.C. A video of a helicopter attempting to land in a Burnsville, North Carolina, area used to store supplies for victims ofhas been viewed millions of times online, with many claiming that it shows an unidentified government aircraft sent to destroy the aid.
At a news conference on Wednesday, Maj. Gen. Todd Hunt, adjutant general of the North Carolina National Guard, said, “That was a North Carolina National Guard helicopter. It’s under our command and I’ll take responsibility for it and we own it.” A caption she shared with the video states that the helicopter “attempted to destroy the distribution area that was set up by locals.” Text that appears on the video itself suggests that it could have been flown by “special forces or private contractors” and asks, “So who were they? Why did they do this?”
Some posts described the aircraft as “Kamala Harris Blackhawk Helicopter,” suggesting that the vice president and Democratic presidential nominee was to blame.
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