Krell was watching, and he tweeted at me: “Saw your interview on CNN this AM. Your facts are wrong. I was the Pilot in Command of the CH-47 that Brian Williams was on.”
I replied with my phone number, and Krell called me. I didn’t assume he was who he said he was, but I was intrigued by his story and wanted to check it out.
On the phone, Krell told me that he was at the command of the “second bird” in a formation of three Chinooks, with Williams riding in the back of the “second bird.”
He said the “first bird” was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade, contradicting what Williams said as recently as last Friday, that Williams was aboard the helicopter that was hit.
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The NBC P.R. person now says the network can’t confirm which person piloted Williams’ helicopter. The situation remains murky and many questions remain unanswered. (There is somebody that can clear a lot of this up — and that’s Williams.)
Bottom line: this pilot is revising his story – and, because of that, I’m revising mine.
What initially looked like an account that supported some of Brian Williams’ war story — that he came “under fire” that day — no longer appears to be true.
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