You know the name Richard Engel because you’ve watched him for years asNBC News' chief foreign correspondent.
But how much do you really know about the veteran television journalist?
In August of 2021, he watched Kabul,Afghanistanfalling to the Taliban (viaMSNBC).
About the takeover in progress he said, “I’m not surprised at all.”
And perhaps no one reporting today knows the Middle East better than him.
I would answer test questions and then the answers on the paper wouldn’t make any sense….
I could add five plus five and get Nebraska" (via theYale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity).
In 2008, he was appointed the role of the chief foreign correspondent for NBC News.
He also toldThe Washington Postin 2006, “There is no personal life.
This is what I do all the time.
He has most certainly paid the price for his desire to tell the story from the front row.
In 2012, Engel and his news team were taken hostage in Syria (viaLos Angeles Times).
According to his account, during a firefight on the fifth day, the crew was released.
The job has also left Engel with horrible images seared into his mind.
One time I watched a dog carry a severed human head in its mouth.
You’re smelling bodies, you’re seeing people who are so angry and insanely distraught.
Engel shared the news viaTwitter, saying he was “So happy.”
The couple was expecting their first child at the time.
Henry was born in 2016 with a genetic disorder called Rett syndrome (viaNBC News).
This became even more true because the couple welcomed a second little boy, Theo, that year.
As the newsman told People, “We know why there is this differential.
And it’s going to be hard to watch Theo pass his older brother in terms of capabilities.
That’s going to be very difficult for us to see.
To see a 1-month-old very soon overcoming his almost-4-year-old brother … that’s going to be tough.”
Henry fixes himself and spreads happiness.
I wish for this more than anything in the world.”
