Posted on 05/21/2004 9:44:19 PM PDT by WKB
Former Iraqi hostage Thomas Hamill of Macon will speak on camera in an interview airing at 8 p.m. Saturday on cable TV's Fox News Channel.
Rita Cosby, senior correspondent, conducted the taped interview in Macon with Hamill and his wife, Kellie, for Fox's The Big Story Weekend Edition.
Fox is billing this as Hamill's "first television interview." He was kidnapped from a convoy in Iraq on April 9 and escaped three weeks later.
"He's an incredible example of a true American," said Cosby, who interviewed Hamill once before, by phone, on May 8. "He went over to Iraq not just for the money but because he also believes in his country."
The interview should reveal more details about Hamill's ordeal, Cosby said.
"He seems to remember things in very vivid detail and with a lot of clarity."
Cosby said she was able to get the interview because the Hamill family has favored Fox's coverage of the Iraqi War and because Cosby's father was a prisoner-of-war himself, having escaped from a German Stalag near Dresden during World War II.
MS PING
Good man knows his networks obviously.
A Bourbon has a babygirl Betsy salute for posterity!
A Bourbon has a babygirl Betsy salute for posterity!
Yeah I am proud of and for ole Bourbon I didn't know he had it in him.
Rita is a "winter nights" sort of gal for the igloo.
Hear Hear!
WELCOME TO THE WORLD, SWEET BETSY.
From what I gather, he wasn't
going to do any interviews.
Then, decided to do it with
FNC. He DOES know his networks.
Amen!
Annette and I were very happy to get the news earlier today.
Betsy is a product of a Jackson parent and a Nashville parent....
just like my own boys!
I didn't realize that. She should be a great kid, then. ;o)
Got a freepmail from bourbon earlier today.
I'm glad to hear everything went so well.
I'm sure the proud parents are ecstatic.
I hope they can get some sleep. ;o)
I didn't think about it till just now myself....late night lucidity....lol
Lotsa times, late night lucidity
is the best lucidity.
No distractions, and everything
is crystal clear. ;o)
It's been very good to see you.
I hope everything is running very
smoothly for you and yours.
I've been babysitting a lot, and
am now used up. Regards to the family.
I'm off to bed. Take care...
thanks y'all!
I'm putting up a pic on my blog right now. I'll FreepMail y'all the URL so you can take a sneak peek at her.
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