Veteran Tim Terpak at center of Brian Williams controversy — Transcript

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1. 0:00he has been plastered all over National
2. 0:02Television standing side by side with
3. 0:04Brian Williams at a Rangers game as the
4. 0:06NBC news anchor tries to explain why he
5. 0:09lied about his experience in Iraq and
6. 0:11now a Tri-State Army veteran telling our
7. 0:14Bryce anslinger why he didn't speak up
8. 0:17right well Tanya I spoke with army
9. 0:19veteran Tim turac today he says he's
10. 0:21wanted to say something about the Brian
11. 0:23Williams controversy but he's concerned
12. 0:25that every word he says will be
13. 0:27dissected as people try to figure out
14. 0:29will you why Williams would lie about
15. 0:32his experience in
16. 0:33Iraq the story actually started with a
17. 0:36terrible moment a dozen years back
18. 0:38during the invasion of Iraq when the
19. 0:40helicopter we were traveling in was
20. 0:42forced down after being hit by an RPG he
21. 0:45had told the story before but it was
22. 0:47after this NBC Nightly news report that
23. 0:50the backlash about Brian Williams
24. 0:52claiming he was in a helicopter that was
25. 0:53shot down in a rock really started
26. 0:56command sergeant major Tim TPAC was put
27. 0:58in charge of our safet in the story
28. 1:00Williams talks about his relationship
29. 1:02with Ripley County Army veteran Tim TPAC
30. 1:05TPAC was honored alongside Williams at a
31. 1:08New York Rangers game for being the
32. 1:10person in charge of keeping everyone on
33. 1:12the ground safe during the Iraq invasion
34. 1:15US Army command sergeant major Tim turac
35. 1:18was responsible for the safety of Brian
36. 1:20Williams and his NBC News team after
37. 1:23their shook helicopter was hit and
38. 1:25crippled by enemy fire TPAC hasn't
39. 1:28spoken publicly about the Williams
40. 1:30controversy but he is honored by the
41. 1:32national recognition for his service as
42. 1:34you can see from his Facebook page his
43. 1:37cover photos are picks of him and
44. 1:39Williams TPAC says he hasn't said
45. 1:41anything publicly about Williams story
46. 1:44being inaccurate because he wasn't in
47. 1:46the chopper that was shot down and he
48. 1:49wasn't in the chopper with Brian
49. 1:50Williams turac was in charge of the
50. 1:53ground forces sent to protect all of the
51. 1:55people on the ground and he got to
52. 1:57Williams and his NBC crew three days
53. 2:00after they landed so for turac it was
54. 2:03not his place to say what did or did not
55. 2:05happen to Williams while in
56. 2:08Iraq and turac earned three bronze Stars
57. 2:11while serving in the Army he got home
58. 2:13Friday after retiring from the service
59. 2:16and says he really never expected all
60. 2:18this attention from this situation Bryce
61. 2:20anslinger not on your side live in Mount
62. 2:23Adams what a welcome