Richard Engel

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NBC news correspondent Richard Engel is awarded during the 68th annual George Foster Peabody Awards at The Waldorf-Astoria on May 18, 2009, in New York. Engel and a news crew were freed after being held captive in Syria for five days, NBC said on Dec. 18, 2012.

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NBC News Middle East correspondent Richard Engel speaks during a taping of "Meet the Press" at the NBC studios on Feb. 18, 2007, in Washington. Engel spoke on his life in Baghdad while covering the war in Iraq.

NBC News reporter Richard Engel speaks as Michael Gordon of The New York Times, Thomas Ricks of the Washington Post and moderator Tim Russert look on during a taping of "Meet the Press" at the NBC studios on Aug. 26, 2007, in Washington.

From left, authors Richard Engel, Christopher Buckley, Markos Moulitsas Zuniga and Arianna Huffington attend the BookExpo America 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center on May 31, 2008, in Los Angeles.

Author Richard Engel attends the BookExpo America 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center on May 31, 2008, in Los Angeles.

In this television screen grab taken and provided by NBC, NBC News' chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel speaks via satellite from Sderot, Israel, to host David Gregory during a live taping of "Meet the Press" at the NBC studios on Jan. 4, 2009, in Washington.

Correspondent Richard Engel, producer Madeline Haeringer and camera man Bredun Edwards pose with their award during the 68th annual George Foster Peabody Awards at The Waldorf-Astoria on May 18, 2009, in New York.

NBC News chief foreign producer Madeleine Haeringer and NBC News' chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel win an Emmy for "Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast" during the 30th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards on Sept. 21, 2009, in New York.