Kidnapped NBC Reporter Richard Engel Freed in Syria
Description:An NBC reporter and his crew spoke Tuesday of their overwhelming relief after being freed from kidnappers in Syria who kept them bound, blindfolded and repeatedly threatened to kill them during a five-day ordeal.
Speaking from Turkey, Engel described on NBC’s “Today” show how he and his crew were seized by a group of masked, heavily armed men shortly after crossing into northwest Syria from Turkey on Thursday.(0:20)