BuzzFeed News obtained video of Williams’ original report from March 26, 2003 in which he describes being on an air mission with the US Army.
Williams has been telling the story for quite some time, but recanted and apologized for "misremembering" after several service members challenged the account to Stars and Stripes .
NBC is investigating several of Williams' claims, including some of his statements about his experiences covering Hurricane Katrina.
In the original 2003 report, obtained by BuzzFeed News from the Vanderbilt University Television News Archive, Williams' experience is described as "harrowing" by then-anchor Tom Brokaw.
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In the report, which aired on NBC Nightly News on March 26, 2003, Williams said he and his crew were traveling with Army personnel aboard one of four helicopters on a "routine" air mission. He says that due to sudden rocket propelled grenade and rifle fire the helicopters landed immediately and that a "grenade wound" was "clearly visible," but he does not say he was aboard the helicopter that was hit.
Williams, his crew, and the members of the military were then grounded for three days due to weather, he says.
SOURCE: BuzzFeed
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