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Brian Williams forced to admit he was NOT shot down in the Iraq War: NBC anchor apologizes after angry soldiers reveal he LIED in Nightly News about 2003 helicopter ambush story
On Friday Brian Williams claimed during a news item that he was aboard a helicopter that was hit during the 2003 invasion of Iraq
Soldiers who were present during the incident have denied that the NBC anchor was anywhere near the aircraft
In fact Williams arrived about an hour later on another helicopter after the crippled craft had made an emergency landing
'Sorry dude, I don't remember you being on my aircraft,' responded one ex-soldier on the Nightly News' Facebook page
Another man, who claimed to be on Williams' aircraft said he had been 'calling him out on this for a long time with no response'
Williams has been quick to deny that he is attempting to 'steal anyone's valor' and has blamed the 'fog of memory over 12 years' for his mistake
He apologized on the air during Wednesday's program and called his mistake a 'bungled attempt' to honor a soldier
This isn't the first time Williams has lied about the incident - in 2013 he told Letterman that he was on one of two helicopters that were hit
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...zes-angry-soldiers-protest.html#ixzz3QrhDPJh0
On Friday Brian Williams claimed during a news item that he was aboard a helicopter that was hit during the 2003 invasion of Iraq
Soldiers who were present during the incident have denied that the NBC anchor was anywhere near the aircraft
In fact Williams arrived about an hour later on another helicopter after the crippled craft had made an emergency landing
'Sorry dude, I don't remember you being on my aircraft,' responded one ex-soldier on the Nightly News' Facebook page
Another man, who claimed to be on Williams' aircraft said he had been 'calling him out on this for a long time with no response'
Williams has been quick to deny that he is attempting to 'steal anyone's valor' and has blamed the 'fog of memory over 12 years' for his mistake
He apologized on the air during Wednesday's program and called his mistake a 'bungled attempt' to honor a soldier
This isn't the first time Williams has lied about the incident - in 2013 he told Letterman that he was on one of two helicopters that were hit
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...zes-angry-soldiers-protest.html#ixzz3QrhDPJh0