VIDEO: Brian Williams Apologizes for False War Story He Told During LETTERMAN Appearance
Last night, "NBC Nightly News" anchor Williams apologized on air for his "bungled" story he recounted on a 2013 LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN appearance, regarding an incident in which he claimed to have been shot down in Iraq years earlier while covering the war. Watch the clip below
Williams shared with viewers, "I made a mistake in recalling the events of 12 years ago ... I want to apologize. I said I was traveling in an aircraft that was hit by RPG fire. I was instead in a following aircraft."
Describing the incident during the 'Letterman' appearance (below), Williams said, "We were in some helicopters. What we didn't know was we were north of the invasion. We were the northernmost Americans in Iraq. We were going to drop some bridge portions across the Euphrates so the 3rd Infantry could cross on them. Two of our four helicopters were hit by ground fire, including the one I was in. RPG and AK-47."
