NBC's Brian Williams Issues On-Air Apology for Falsely Claiming He Was Shot Down Over Iraq in 2003

Curtis Houck | February 4, 2015
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During Wednesday’s NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams issued an on-air apology saying that he “made a mistake” in what was a “bungled attempt by me to thank one special veteran” in reference to Army Command Sergeant Tim Terpak for helping to protect the downed aircraft as well as the one that Williams was traveling in. 

Williams added that he hopes “our brave military men and women, veterans everywhere” know that “they have my greatest respect and also now my apology.”

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