Posted on 02/04/2015 6:37:29 PM PST by servo1969
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams admitted Wednesday that he was not aboard a helicopter hit and forced down during the invasion of Iraq in 2003, recanting a claim that he and the network had repeated for years -- most recently on Friday night.
Contrary to Williams' past claims that he was traveling in a Chinook helicopter that was hit by two rockets and small arms fire on March 24, he arrived at the scene in a separate helicopter about an hour later. He apparently was never in any danger, and the Chinook that took fire, one of three in its formation, was able to make an emergency landing with no casualties.
"I want to apologize," Williams said on Wednesday night's broadcast of NBC Nightly News. "I said I was traveling in an aircraft that was hit by RPG fire. I was instead in a following aircraft."
Williams, 55, most recently told the story during NBC coverage of a tribute to a retired command sergeant major at a New York Rangers hockey game.
“The story actually started with a terrible moment a dozen years back during the invasion of Iraq when the helicopter we were traveling in was forced down after being hit by an RPG,” Williams said on the broadcast. “Our traveling NBC News team was rescued, surrounded and kept alive by an armor mechanized platoon from the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry.”
The Stars and Stripes, a newspaper that covers the United States Armed Forces, first reported the admission.
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Didn’t Hillery make the same false claim??
Quite!
Why does he make this up and keep repeating it? He’s not famous enough? Or doesn’t get enough attention being on tv?
Weird
I love Commander McBragg!!! What is it with these Dems? Remember Hillary landing and running across the tarmac under enemy fire?
Haven’t seen him in years.
He has the pictures of Kerry wearing his lucky hat to prove it!
he wanted some gravitas!
He also has Obama on his boxer shorts.
Will anyone ever point out Hillary the b*** clinton lying about taking sniper fire from Serbs in Bosnia? She’s a lying hag who smeared Serbia for her husband’s bloodlust. Though I wish those rifles had been real.
Stolen valor.
Yes, his credibility is gone and no one would ever believe a word he says again. He must now commit professional hara kiri and resign. (I can fantasize, can’t I?)
No hers was different. She was shot at on a runway in the former Yugoslavia.
My first thought after hearing about this was also about Hillary Clinton’s similar lies about taking gunfire. Between her lies and her serial rapist husband I find it hard to believe the Dems are stupid enough to give her the nomination.
Well said!
Hey Brian, I’m sure you’ll enjoy your new job anchoring the news in Providence or Portland, Maine. Your days with the big boys in NYC and DC are over.
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