The news anchor says the “fog of memory” is to blame.
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams on Wednesday recanted a story he and his network have long perpetuated about his helicopter being shot down while he was covering the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
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His admission was first reported by Stars and Stripes.
The anchor repeated the story on Jan. 30 during a piece about his reunion with one of the soldiers he said rescued the news team.
Describing it as a "terrible moment," Williams said "the helicopter we were traveling in was forced down after being hit by an RPG," while images of a helicopter with a hole in its tail were broadcast.
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"Our traveling NBC News team was rescued, surrounded and kept alive by an armor mechanized platoon from the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry," Williams said.
SOURCE: BuzzFeed
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