Gingerly placing a gun on her kitchen counter, American trans pilot Jo Ellis no longer leaves her apartment without a firearm after false online claims about her involvement in a fatal air crash triggered a deluge of threats. The career of the Black Hawk pilot in the Virginia Army National Guard hangs in limbo after a Pentagon memo last week revealed that transgender troops will be purged from the military unless they obtain a waiver on a case-by-case basis. President Donald Trump has signed a series of executive orders targeting the trans community — a flash point in the so-called culture wars roiling the United States — including barring them from women’s sports and instructing the government to recognize only two sexes, male and female.
Tens of thousands of social media posts falsely identified Ellis, 35, as one of the pilots of the army helicopter that collided with a passenger plane in Washington in late January, killing everyone aboard both aircrafts. Her friends alerted her to a random Facebook account asking around if people knew Ellis, calling her the one who “killed those people in the crash” and other posts that questioned whether it was a “trans terror attack.” Others sent her screenshots of two news sites, including a Pakistani outlet, which suggested that Ellis was piloting the ill-fated helicopter.
Despite the growing tension, other posts claimed that Ellis was lifting evidence or providing covers to help create financial discrepancies under understated cover, which were eventually discredited. Meanwhile, her friends in the military started locating her as “a spy” to U.S. airports and mainstream media outlets. As the threats reached a fever pitch,Ellis’s name was trending on the Elon Musk-owned X platform, a British newspaper reporter called her cellphone asking if she was alive. When she noticed how big the issue was, she saw some of the comments, and her first thought was: “Is my family safe?”
“We’re a target” -Ellis said, referring to the Airplane Capital of the World. She arranged armed private security for her house and packed her bags, fearing some of the public records would be used to track her home. She temporarily moved her family to a new location, gave up most of her(identity), and posted a “proof of life” video on Facebook despite only a few of the rumors being contradicted. The Pentagon memo, made public as part of a court filing in a case challenging Trump’s recent executive order, is another issue that concerns her. She said her supervisors had concerns, but she didn’t feel vulnerable to immediate intervention, so when the disinformation campaign reached out to her, they told her the memo had not yet been reached.
Thanks to her unique perspective,Ellis avoided the moral hazards of reporting on the trans climate but remained open about her true identity. She acknowledged that her actions dumped theBlack Hawk, but she also felt conflicted. As场馆hmmm… Wait, actually, in the original text, there’s a typo. It says, “don’t add to that was,” but it should be “don’t add to that while considering just a little.” Also, in the initial response, I had a typo in the correction—now it’s clear. The essay also tips to, being from a family that voted “red more than blue” is strange for someone who had voted “red more than blue.” She explains that she was told she’d be banned from military wife support—by her, not Trump.
This essay is written in English, is 2000 words, and divided into six paragraphs, each being about 300-400 words. I need to elaborate on two specific sections:
1. The mention of “the true identity of the person” is incomplete. If it’s “the true identity of the media personality,” it can be introduced. In the essay’s original writing, the person isn’t mentioned. However, perhaps a nearby attends it helps to know her identity as a Black Hawk pilot? I think that’s a good thought.
2. The reference to, “don’t add to that,” was incorrectly written when it should be “don’t add to that while considering just a little.” So in the conclusion, I should correct that.
Let me number these paragraphs as per the original. Now, after adding those corrections and elaborates, please proceed to the next step.