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Claim: purports over 1,000 children are still missing in Maui following the recent wildfire (Video, 2023-09-10)
Evidence (2023-08-25): Instead, more than 1,000 people are unaccounted for on the west side of Maui two weeks after wildfires ravaged the island, many of them children. The official death toll is now over 100, but the actual loss in Maui will likely be unfathomable. [...] HAWAII MISSING PERSONS LIST: FBI, MAUI RELEASE NAMES OF 388 PEOPLE NOT FOUND AFTER DEADLY WILDFIRE [...] Then there’s Maui County Mayor, Richard Bissen, who was asked on camera this week how many children are missing. He shrugged wearily, offering no estimate or even empathy, before venting his annoyance that he was being asked the question repeatedly and trying to stop the press briefing. It seems like a pretty important question and one officials should have some kind of answer for two weeks in.
Claim: Cuban authorities found the S.S. Cotopaxi found fully intact and floating toward the island nation more than 90 years after its disappearance (Viral Article, 2019-11-25)
Evidence (2019-11-25): The wreck of S.S. Cotopaxi was discovered underwater in the 1980s but was only identified recently.
Claim: Cuban authorities found the S.S. Cotopaxi found fully intact and floating toward the island nation more than 90 years after its disappearance (Viral Article, 2019-11-25)
Evidence (2020-03-31): An article shared on Facebook claims Cuban authorities found the S.S. Cotopaxi fully intact and floating toward the island nation more than 90 years after its disappearance. The wreck of S.S. Cotopaxi was discovered underwater in the 1980s but was only identified recently. [...] The article, which was published on the website True Blog in November 2019, claims that Cuban authorities intercepted the S.S. Cotopaxi floating west of Cuba more than 90 years after its disappearance. People have started sharing the article on Facebook again in recent months.
Claim: Cuban authorities found the S.S. Cotopaxi found fully intact and floating toward the island nation more than 90 years after its disappearance (Viral Article, 2019-11-25)
Evidence (2021-05-21): Did a ship reappear 90 years after going missing in the Bermuda Triangle? No, that's not true: The story was fabricated by a Canadian entertainment website that publishes fictional stories about bizarre crimes, weird sexual acts, and other made-up events. The SS Cotopaxi remains lost at sea, and claims that Cuban authorities intercepted it are completely untrue. [...] Havana | The Cuban Coast Guard announced this morning, that they had intercepted an unmanned ship heading for the island, which is presumed to be the SS Cotopaxi, a tramp steamer which vanished in December 1925 and has since been connected to the legend of the Bermuda Triangle. [...] When they reached it, they were surprised to find that the ship was actually a nearly 100-year old steamer identified as the Cotopaxi, a name famously associated with the legend of the Bermuda Triangle.
Claim: Cuban authorities found the S.S. Cotopaxi found fully intact and floating toward the island nation more than 90 years after its disappearance (Viral Article, 2019-11-25)
Evidence (2020-12-13): SS Cotopaxi was assumed swallowed by the infamous Bermuda Triangle after the steamship, and all 32 crew members on board, inexplicably vanished in 1925. The SS Cotopaxi—an American merchant steamer—left Charleston, South Carolina, on Nov. 29, 1925, with a cargo of coal, destined for Havana, Cuba, but the vessel didn't make it far. The vessel vanished without a trace and the fate of the Cotopaxi and the 32 people on board has long puzzled experts. "The Cotopaxi was on a routine voyage," marine biologist and underwater explorer Michael Barnette told Newsweek. "She was employed in the coal trade and so this was just another trip at the end of November of 1925. We know that on that voyage something happened because she delivered a mayday message early December saying she's in distress.
Claim: Cuban authorities found the S.S. Cotopaxi found fully intact and floating toward the island nation more than 90 years after its disappearance (Viral Article, 2019-11-25)
Evidence (2021-11-15): Back to 2015—the ship allegedly drifted into a restricted military zone where it was later examined. The Captain's log on the ship would later confirm the identity of the vessel as the SS Cotopaxi. [...] There are lots of sceptics, and no official sources confirmed the mystery of the SS Cotopaxi but it was said that the cargo ship did, in fact, exist and had disappeared back in 1925 and had been reported missing by American media from that era. [...] What do you think? Was the SS Cotopaxi even a real ship? Is it still drifting somewhere on the high seas? Is it covered up somewhere on a Cuban military base? We may never know the answers to any of these questions but there's something always a little fun about a mystery...
Claim: Cuban authorities found the S.S. Cotopaxi found fully intact and floating toward the island nation more than 90 years after its disappearance (Viral Article, 2019-11-25)
Evidence (2024-07-29): - The long-lost SS Cotopaxi has been found after having gone missing nearly a century ago. [...] In late November 1925, the shipping vessel SS Cotopaxi, named after the Cotopaxi volcano in Ecuador, set off from Charleston, South Carolina, and made its way toward Havana, Cuba with its hold full of coal. Two days later, the steam-powered ship encountered a fierce storm 35 miles off the coast of St. Augustine, Florida, and simply vanished. All 32 people onboard, both captain and crew, were lost and the ship was never found. Nearly a century later, Marine biologist Michael Barnette teamed up with Guy Walters, a historian, to finally solve the mystery of the missing Cotopaxi for a new Science Channel show called Shipwreck Secrets. But it turns out that this unlucky coal ship actually turned up 35 years ago—and no one realized it.
Claim: Cuban authorities found the S.S. Cotopaxi found fully intact and floating toward the island nation more than 90 years after its disappearance (Viral Article, 2019-11-25)
Evidence (2017-05-01): Did a ship that vanished in the Bermuda Triangle more than 90 years ago suddenly reappear near Cuba, as claimed by various stories circulating online? The S.S. Cotopaxi hasn’t been seen since Nov. 29, 1925, when it left Charleston, South Carolina, bound for Havana with a crew of more than 30 and a load of coal. The steamer ran into a violent tropical storm. The Associated Press wrote two days later that the ship reported water in its hold and said it was listing badly. It later sent out distress signals and wasn’t heard from again. [...] However, Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric Woodall, a spokesman for Miami’s US Coast Guard office, which works closely with Cuban authorities, told the AP on Monday that his agency has received no reports of the S.S. Cotopaxi being recovered.
Claim: Cuban authorities found the S.S. Cotopaxi found fully intact and floating toward the island nation more than 90 years after its disappearance (Viral Article, 2019-11-25)
Evidence (2024-10-08): Bermuda Triangle MYSTERY: Missing ship SS Cotopaxi NOT found after 90 YEARS [...] The SS Cotopaxi mysteriously vanished into thin air on November 29, 1925, on a trip from South Carolina to Havana. [...] The latest shock claim follows a long line of online hoaxes and false claims the SS Cotopaxi was spotted sailing the North Atlantic Ocean after disappearing.
Claim: Cuban authorities found the S.S. Cotopaxi found fully intact and floating toward the island nation more than 90 years after its disappearance (Viral Article, 2019-11-25)
Evidence (2016-07-19): Havana – This morning the Cuban Coast Guard announced that they intercepted one unmanned ship which was heading for the island. It is presumed that the ship is the SS Cotopaxi, a tramp steamer that vanished in December 1925 and is connected with the legend of the Bermuda Triangle. [...] After exhaustive search of the ship, the captain’s logbook was discovered. That book actually was associated with the Clinchfield Navigation Company. This company us owner of the SS Cotopaxi. Still, the book did not brought any clue concerning what did happened to the ship over the last 90 years. [...] It is interesting that on 29 November 1925, the SS Cotopaxi departed Charleston, South Carolina, and headed towards Havana, Cuba. This ship had a crew of 32 men, under the command of Captain W. J. Meyer. The ship was carrying a cargo of 2340 tons of coal. The ship was reported missing only 2 days later, and was unheard of for almost 90 years.
Claim: Cuban authorities found the S.S. Cotopaxi found fully intact and floating toward the island nation more than 90 years after its disappearance (Viral Article, 2019-11-25)
Evidence (2023-08-16): The cargo ship SS Cotopaxi was built in 1918 and launched shortly after. In 1925, it disappeared without a trace in the infamous Bermuda Triangle. After more than 90 years, the ship suddenly reappears on the surface. [...] In 2015, when the ship was reported to have suddenly drifted into a restricted military area, it was investigated, and a captain’s log would have confirmed the ship’s identity as the SS Cotopaxi. [...] The SS Cotopaxi’s mystery remains unsubstantiated despite widespread doubts and official sources. On the other hand, the American media accepted the SS Cotopaxi’s existence and disappearance in 1925.
Claim: Cuban authorities found the S.S. Cotopaxi found fully intact and floating toward the island nation more than 90 years after its disappearance (Viral Article, 2019-11-25)
Evidence (2020-02-19): On 18 May 2015, World News Daily Report published an article positing that the Cuban Coast Guard had intercepted the SS Cotopaxi, a ship that disappeared in the area known as the 'Bermuda Triangle' while en route to Havana in 1925: The Cuban Coast Guard announced this morning, that they had intercepted an unmanned ship heading for the island, which is presumed to be the SS Cotopaxi, a tramp steamer which vanished in December 1925 and has since been connected to the legend of the Bermuda Triangle. [...] While the article's claim was compelling, at the time it was published the SS Cotopaxi remained lost at sea. (A sunken ship discovered off the coast of St. Augustine, Florida in the 1980s would not be positively identified as the wreck of the SS Cotopaxi until January 2020.)
Claim: Cuban authorities found the S.S. Cotopaxi found fully intact and floating toward the island nation more than 90 years after its disappearance (Viral Article, 2019-11-25)
Evidence (2021-11-26): In the Facebook post, a rusty, dilapidated ship can be seen sitting in a body of water with mountainous land in the background. Text in the image alleges the vessel was "last seen in 1925, and has mysteriously reappeared after disappearing 90 years ago, in the Bermuda Triangle." It goes on to claim the ship "remains intact, and afloat, and has NEVER been seen by any aircraft, or sea-going ships, in 9 decades..nor has she ever run aground." [...] Check Your Fact previously debunked the claim that Cuban authorities found the S.S. Cotopaxi fully intact and floating toward the island nation 90 years after its disappearance. That ship’s sunken remains were discovered in the 80s but took some three decades to be properly identified, according to Smithsonian Magazine.
Claim: Cuban authorities found the S.S. Cotopaxi found fully intact and floating toward the island nation more than 90 years after its disappearance (Viral Article, 2019-11-25)
Evidence (2020-02-02): Far from falling prey to a paranormal occurrence, the S.S. "Cotopaxi" actually sank during an unfortunate storm On November 29, 1925, the S.S. Cotopaxi set sail from Charleston, South Carolina, with a cargo of coal and a crew of 32. Charting a course for Havana, Cuba, the ship ran afoul of a tropical storm brewing near the Bermuda Triangle two days later and promptly disappeared. [...] The discovery comes with an ironic twist: Researchers actually unknowingly homed in on the S.S. Cotopaxi’s marine graveyard nearly 35 years ago. The site, called Bear Wreck by fishers and divers, had long been known to contain a sunken ship, but scientists had struggled to pinpoint the vessel’s identity.
Claim: Cuban authorities found the S.S. Cotopaxi found fully intact and floating toward the island nation more than 90 years after its disappearance (Viral Article, 2019-11-25)
Evidence (2020-01-30): The long-lost wreck of the SS Cotopaxi ― a steamship referenced in movies, memes and myth ― has been discovered off the coast of St. Augustine, Florida almost a century after vanishing near the Bermuda Triangle. [...] The SS Cotopaxi set off from Charleston, South Carolina and was bound for Havana, Cuba on Nov. 29, 1925, and then vanished. No trace of the ship or its crew of 32 were ever identified, which made the vessel ripe for both folklore and pop culture. [...] And in recent years, social media memes have suggested the Cotopaxi had suddenly appeared, empty and intact, as a "ghost ship" floating off the coast of Cuba. That one was passed around so often that Snopes published an entire page debunking it.
Claim: Cuban authorities found the S.S. Cotopaxi found fully intact and floating toward the island nation more than 90 years after its disappearance (Viral Article, 2019-11-25)
Evidence (2020-02-14): The SS Cotopaxi went missing in 1925, while traveling from Charleston, South Carolina, to Havana. The identification of a nearly 100-year-old shipwreck has debunked a popular conspiracy theory: that the Bermuda Triangle was somehow involved with the 1925 disappearance of the SS Cotopaxi. The steam powered bulk carrier never made it to its destination in Havana. [...] In 2015, a rumor began circulating that a ghost ship found by the Cuban coast guard was actually the SS Cotopaxi. Barnette decided to set the record straight, so he posted a video online saying that the real Cotopaxi was at the bottom of the Atlantic. Soon after he posted that, Science Channel contacted him, and the two worked together to make a show about his find.
Claim: Cuban authorities found the S.S. Cotopaxi found fully intact and floating toward the island nation more than 90 years after its disappearance (Viral Article, 2019-11-25)
Evidence (2020-02-09): Lore had it that the SS Cotopaxi was swallowed by the infamous Bermuda Triangle after the steamship, and all 32 crew members on board, inexplicably vanished in 1925. [...] The Cotopaxi had set off on its normal route between Charleston, S.C., and Havana, carrying a cargo of coal, when it was caught in a powerful storm, Michael Barnette discovered. [...] An earlier audio version of this story incorrectly stated the Cotopaxi disappeared in 1923. In fact, the ship was lost in 1925.
Claim: Cuban authorities found the S.S. Cotopaxi found fully intact and floating toward the island nation more than 90 years after its disappearance (Viral Article, 2019-11-25)
Evidence (2020-01-30): After nearly 95 years, explorers believe they have discovered the SS Cotopaxi, a ship that vanished near the area known as the Bermuda Triangle in 1925. [...] Barnette spoke with British historian Guy Walters, who subsequently combed through archival ship records and learned that the Cotopaxi had sent out wireless distress signals on Dec. 1, 1925 -- two days after it left from Charleston. The signals were picked up in Jacksonville, Florida, around the area of a shipwreck that was found some 35 years ago. [...] Further research corroborated the wreck's location to where the distress signals were sent out, according to Barnette, leading him to believe he had finally uncovered the Cotopaxi.
Claim: Cuban authorities found the S.S. Cotopaxi found fully intact and floating toward the island nation more than 90 years after its disappearance (Viral Article, 2019-11-25)
Evidence (2024-07-29): It was 2015 and fake news was a still-mostly-undetected virus spreading through social media. In September, a particularly absurd story made the rounds on Facebook: "BERMUDA TRIANGLE: SHIP REAPPEARS 90 YEARS AFTER GOING MISSING" read the headline from WorldNewsDailyReport.com, accompanied by a photo of a rusty boat floating off the coast of Cuba. The story, which claimed Cuban authorities had intercepted the ship which had somehow been floating around undetected for a century, was shared thousands of times on Facebook, reaching hundreds of thousands of users, according to social monitoring platform CrowdTangle. The story claimed the ghost ship was the S.S. Cotopaxi, a real coal ship that went missing on November 29, 1925 while traveling from Charleston to Havana with 3,800 tons of coal and 32 passengers. The disappearance contributed to the enduring myth of the Bermuda Triangle—the section of the Atlantic Ocean between Bermuda, Florida, and Puerto Rico blamed for dozens of disappearances. (In Steven Spielberg’s 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Cotopaxi somehow winds up in the Gobi Desert—perfectly in tact—after going missing in the Bermuda Triangle.) The mystery of the Cotopaxi has been one of the more famous Bermuda Triangle tales even though its only appearances since 1925 have been fictional. But as that 2015 story spread across the Internet, one man knew exactly where the S.S. Cotopaxi was. The ship had been, it turns out, hiding in plain site the whole time.
Claim: Cuban authorities found the S.S. Cotopaxi found fully intact and floating toward the island nation more than 90 years after its disappearance (Viral Article, 2019-11-25)
Evidence (2020-01-31): The SS Cotopaxi vanished in 1925 and for decades, people speculated that it may have been a victim of the infamous Bermuda Triangle. [...] The Cotopaxi was a steam-powered freighter that set sail on November 29, 1925, with a cargo of coal on a trip from Charleston, South Carolina, to Havana, Cuba, when it disappeared with 32 people on board. [...] Barnette worked with a historian to dig up court records, insurance documents and other information about the Cotopaxi.
Claim: Biden said he taught political theory at the University of Pennsylvania for 4 years (Viral post, 2023-09-15)
Evidence (2023-09-15): Biden served as Benjamin Franklin Presidential Professor of Practice, but did not teach political theory classes at the university.
Claim: Biden said he taught political theory at the University of Pennsylvania for 4 years (Viral post, 2023-09-15)
Evidence (2022-04-14): "I've been to a lot of university campuses," Biden said April 14. "Matter of fact, for four years, I was a full professor at the University of Pennsylvania. And this is really an impressive place with a lot of impressive students." [...] Biden served as Benjamin Franklin Presidential Professor of the Practice at the University of Pennsylvania between his tenure as vice president and the start of his presidential campaign. However, the duration of the position was closer to two years than four, since he was on leave while running for president. Also, his duties might not conform to the full range of activities that the public might associate with the term "full professor," including teaching semester-long classes, conducting independent research, and handling administrative responsibilities. [...] Biden said, "For four years, I was a full professor at the University of Pennsylvania."
Claim: Biden said he taught political theory at the University of Pennsylvania for 4 years (Viral post, 2023-09-15)
Evidence (2023-09-15): Joe Biden is slammed for lying that he taught political theory at the University of Pennsylvania for four years - despite serving as honorary professor for two and never teaching a single class - Biden, at 80, the nation's oldest-ever president, was speaking at Prince George Community College in Maryland Thursday - 'I taught at the University of Pennsylvania for four years and I used to teach political theory,' he claimed - However, while Biden served from 2017 to 2019 as the Benjamin Franklin Presidential Professor of the Practice, there is no record of him teaching classes President Joe Biden made a bizarre claim in a speech that he'd taught political theory at an Ivy League university - despite only serving there as a visiting fellow and honorary professor. [...] 'We got to fight for it,' Biden said. ''I taught at the University of Pennsylvania for four years and I used to teach political theory. And folks, you always hear, every generation has to fight for Democracy.'
Claim: Biden said he taught political theory at the University of Pennsylvania for 4 years (Viral post, 2023-09-15)
Evidence (2011-12-01): Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. was named the Benjamin Franklin Presidential Practice Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where he led the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, a new center focused principally on diplomacy, foreign policy, and national security. The Center was located in Washington, D.C. Biden also had an office on the Penn campus in Philadelphia. [...] As Presidential Practice Professor, Biden held joint appointments in the Annenberg School for Communication and the School of Arts and Sciences, with a secondary affiliation in the Wharton School. [...] Biden and his family have a long affiliation with Penn. His late son Beau, daughter Ashley, and granddaughter Naomi are all Penn graduates. In May of 2013, Biden received an honorary degree from Penn and was the University’s commencement speaker. As both U.S. Senator from Delaware and Vice President of the United States, Biden has spoken numerous times at Penn and has been a regular visitor to campus.
Claim: Biden said he taught political theory at the University of Pennsylvania for 4 years (Viral post, 2023-09-15)
Evidence (2023-01-11): On Tuesday, at North America Leaders' Summit in Mexico City, Biden said, "The four years after being vice president, I was a professor at Penn." [...] Biden once held an honorary professor position at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), from 2017-2021, after being vice president in Barack Obama's administration. [...] "People know I take classified documents, classified information seriously," Biden said during a press conference at the North American Leaders' Summit in Mexico City, adding, "When my lawyers were clearing out my office at the University of Pennsylvania, they set up an office for me -- when I -- the four years after being vice president, I was a professor at Penn. They found some documents in a box, in a locked cabinet, at least a closet. And as soon as they did, they realized there were several classified documents in that box."
Claim: Biden said he taught political theory at the University of Pennsylvania for 4 years (Viral post, 2023-09-15)
Evidence (2022-04-29): Joe Biden: "For four years, I was a full professor at the University of Pennsylvania." [...] Biden served as Benjamin Franklin Presidential Professor of the Practice at the University of Pennsylvania between his tenure as vice president and the start of his presidential campaign. However, the duration of the position was closer to two years than four, since he was on leave while running for president. Also, his duties might not conform to the full range of activities that the public might associate with the term "full professor," including teaching semester-long classes, conducting independent research, and handling administrative responsibilities. [...] Biden said, "For four years, I was a full professor at the University of Pennsylvania."