“This Takes courage!”: Boy saving another from a flooded canal? Fact Check

Claim: Video shows the courage of a boy rescuing another from a canal.

Conclusion: Misleading. The video is pre-planned and taken for a reel by a creator.

Raing: Misleading —

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A video is going viral with a claim that the boy rescuing another from a water canal. The caption read, “This takes courage!”

See the video and the claim below:

Hero 💕

This takes courage!pic.twitter.com/QcaPjhx4FS

— Figen (@TheFigen_) August 12, 2024

FACT-CHECK

When Digiteye India received a request on its WhatsApp tipline, we took it up and searched for the original video. A key frame has been used to match with Google Reverse Image Search and the results showed that it was a familiar video made on the same canal in the past. Further search about the creator led us to his Instagram page where Sachin Jaiswal makes these videos regularly. See his videos below:

The video with a claim is also part of these videos, which are pre-planned and staged for Instagram reels and hence, not real videos.

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About Gayathri S.

Gayathri with more than 6 years of experience working with Microfinance Monitor and Global India News is our contributor covering fact-checks in areas from science, political, social to gender issues. She can be reached at gayathri@digiteye.in

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