Award-winning journalist and foreign correspondent for NBC News, Richard Engel was spotted in Georgetown Monday.
At Le Pain Quotdidien, gracious and friendly, the New York native told The Georgetown Dish, "Just got back from Syria last week and I'm in town having lunch with my friends."
(Photo by: Judith Beermann)
Engel reported as recently as last Thursday on the rebel uprising against the Assad regime.
A veteran covering Middle East conflicts, Engel was the first broadcast journalist recipient of the Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism for his report "War Zone Diary."
A winner of the Edward R. Murrow Award in 2009, Engel won the Peabody Award for his reports covering U.S. Army Viper Company fighting in the mountains of Afghanistan. In 2011, Engel was honored with the David Bloom award for his outstanding service to journalism. Engel was on assignment covering the 2011 Libyan civil war.
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glad that you can slow down for a bit and have a relaxing lunch with your friends, richard! my neighbor across the street was the first soldier in 'boots on the ground'. he is 1/4 native american, with irish and german roots. he goes back to the barons and dukes of germany that were disenfranchised of their estates by the catholic church when they went on the crusades, the knights templar. they came back and found work as mercenaries and security and they would communicate across the country-side by putting lanterns in the towers as signals. consequently, his last name is 'light'. he is a dav but hoping to get on with customs down here on the border. so, i feel pretty safe in my poverty level trailer park with him across the street, he took 3 bullets in iraq. he's up in the wee hours of the morning, 3-4 a.m., like i am, and so is his ptsd friend. that friend said ptsd is very similar to bi-polar, which is me. his doctor had him read al gore's book on ptsd. i donate to uso and i have my membership card on the altar along with the card they just sent about our dav's with missing limbs. sure hope the international community doesn't have to put boots on the ground in syria. and i hope they can keep those chemical weapons secure. and i am glad that my son isn't in israel right now! keep safe out there, you are on the altar, too, with the people of syria and the rest of the middle east. best, anna martina