an Image of a bike rally is being shared on social media with a claim 20,000 bikers drove past the house of a 6-year-old cancer patient in Germany after his mother mentioned online that he loves bikes.
The post read: True Story: A 6-year-old boy with terminal cancer, Kilian Saas, had a simple wish to see bikers ride by his house and make lot of noise. And his dad reached out to a local bikers club in Germany and an unexpected 20,000 bikers from nearby cities showed up to support the young boy and make his wish come true. Sadly after 3 weeks the young boy passed away Whatta fairytale story.
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile did a fact-check and found the claim to be misleading.
On doing a Google Reverse Image Search with keyframes of the video, we found that the same video was uploaded on a YouTube channel on July 31, 2021. In the video, we can see that one of the billboards in the video has words like ‘soluções’ which is a Portuguese word for ‘solution’ and ‘funerais’ which is Portuguese for ‘funeral’.
Also, in the same video, at around 34 seconds, one can see some other vehicles that are in front of the motorbikes.
In another video published by Folha De S.Paulo, taken from another angle, one can clearly see the same vehicles in front of the motorbikes. The article was published on June 18, 2021, with the title that reads in English as (via Google Translation), “Highway cameras show motorcycle rider passing with Bolsonaro in SP.” Jair Bolsonaro is the President of Brazil.
The article said that the monitoring system for the Bandeirantes Highway recorded 6,661 vehicle passages on the morning of June 12, 2021, at the first toll booth within the section blocked for the motorcycle rider led by President Jair Bolsonaro in São Paulo.
On further investigation, we found the same video was uploaded by a YouTube channel on June 12, 2021, with the caption that read, “INSANE: Over a MILLION bikers joined a Motor Parade in Sao Paulo lead by Brazil President Bolsonaro.”
Reuters also reported about the bike rally held by Jair Bolsonaro and his supporters on June 12, 2021.
However, we also found a report by Manorama News dated 2021, about the ‘15,000 bikers driving to the house of a 6-year-old Cancer Boy in Germany to fulfil his wish of seeing the bike. Another report can be seen here.
Thus, it is clear that the viral image shows a bike rally held by Jair Bolsonaro and does not show the visual of 20,000 bikers riding for a boy diagnosed with cancer in Germany. Hence, the post is misleading.
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