NBC News anchor Brian Williams may misremember how his brush with death in Iraq truly went down, but the Internet will never let him forget.
For years Williams had told the story of how a soldier rescued him after his helicopter was downed by RPG fire during the Iraq War in 2003. Turns out, it was all a lie. Williams finally came clean during Wednesday's broadcast after several soldiers called him out on social media.
"I made a mistake in recalling the events of 12 years ago," Williams said. "I want to apologize ... I said I was traveling in an aircraft that was hit by RPG fire."
But as we all know, once something is on the Internet, it becomes immortal. And in Williams' case, this blunder has become the web's favorite joke. Using #BrianWilliamsMisremembers and #BrianWilliamsMemories, Twitter has come up with some other historical events that the newsman may have also gotten wrong.
#BrianWilliamsMisremembers #BrianWilliamsWarStories Brian in the trenches defending the world. pic.twitter.com/Lk1sJaXDwF— Яob (@robx_d) February 5, 2015
"I'll never forget that day in July, 1969. Neil, Buzz and me landed on the moon." #BrianWilliamsMisremembers @NBCNews pic.twitter.com/Mm78fXXZcU— Chad Harlan (@chadharlan) February 5, 2015
"There I was. I jumped up into the line of fire and yelled over "Abe, save that film!" #BrianWilliamsMisremembers pic.twitter.com/XjplmmNfPf— Art Chartrand (@ArtChartrand) February 5, 2015
#BrianWilliamsMisremembers Brian The Astronaut pic.twitter.com/keU4dSRBog— Яob (@robx_d) February 5, 2015
#BrianWilliamsMisremembers that time in Mogadishu... pic.twitter.com/nkTE9ERUSM— neontaster (@neontaster) February 5, 2015
#BrianWilliamsMisremembers I tell you what, those chariots got great mileage. pic.twitter.com/XRo2KBAGAu— The Morning Spew (@TheMorningSpew) February 5, 2015
"So I told #leftshark 'Don't worry about the choreography, just go with it'" #BrianWilliamsMisremembers pic.twitter.com/NRM9GUYTPR— Dave Murray (@Michigandmurray) February 5, 2015
So, there I was, crossing the Delaware... #BrianWilliamsMisremembers pic.twitter.com/48R0hSvvUA— Charles (@Emabulator) February 5, 2015
"Damn, those tablets were heavy!" #BrianWilliamsMisremembers pic.twitter.com/orXsbLU9Bf— Serr8d (@serr8d) February 5, 2015
#BrianWilliamsMemories "I said Martin, do you dream?, he said yes. I said, 'well, tell the folks about your dreams" pic.twitter.com/SnjbvOm1Pn— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) February 5, 2015
"That one live shot I did from the moon" #BrianWilliamsMemories pic.twitter.com/FbND6jAqc7— Greg Dutra (@DutraWeather) February 5, 2015
Saving Private Brian #BrianWilliamsMemories pic.twitter.com/IWMRKGxDrk— Ivan the K™ (@IvanTheK) February 5, 2015