Reporters Safe

[shipperx]

NEW YORK -- Richard Engel, NBC's chief foreign correspondent, was freed Monday from capture in Syria following a firefight, five days after being kidnapped.

NBC News president Steve Capus said in a statement Tuesday that Engel, 39, and his crew were freed unharmed after being taken by an unknown group. "We are pleased to report they are safely out of the country,” Capus said.

"It was a traumatic experience," Engel said Tuesday morning, during an appearance with his crew on the "Today" show from Antakya, Turkey. Engel appeared alongside producer Ghazi Balkiz and photographer John Kooistra.

"We're very happy to be here," Engel said. "We're in good health. We're OK. Everyone was great. NBC was fantastic in informing our families, keeping people up to date, keeping the story quiet."

Comments

[chloris.livejournal.com]

That is good news! I didn't expect things to be resolved so quickly and without anyone being hurt.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

It only slipped out to the public that it was happening yesterday. (Probably no coincidentally, because he'd been freed).

He'd apparently been held hostage for 5 days.