Good Morning America, April 3, 2003.
And this morning we have new details about Private Jessica Lynch's capture. Even though she had been shot and wounded, and watched other soldiers in her unit die, we're told that she kept shooting at Iraqis until she ran out of ammunition. One US official saying she didn't want to be taken alive. And this morning, she's recovering at a US hospital in Germany. In minutes, we're gonna talk with her mother and brother who spoke with her just this morning.
Good Morning America, April 4, 2003.
Well, we want to bring you the news now, the latest this morning on Private Jessica Lynch. As we said, it's been confirmed she was not shot, she was not stabbed. Doctors are tending her wounds, which include two broken legs, a broken arm, a fractured disk. And Mike Lee is live with us this morning with Landstuhl Medical Center and Germany's latest information. Mike, over to you.
April 6, 2003:
More details from US officials on the rescue of Private Lynch. As US troops stormed the Iraqi hospital where she was being held and reportedly beaten, one of the team yelled out, we are United States soldiers and we're here to protect you and take you home. Jessica peered out from under a sheet and said, I'm an American soldier, too. When told that eight members of Jessica's unit had been confirmed killed, her father was taken by surprise and struggled with his emotions.
April 7, 2003:
Officials tell ABC News some of the fractures she received may have been from a small-caliber weapon fired at close range. Yesterday, she had another operation to clean her wounds. And she's now seen her family since they arrived at her hospital in Germany.
World News Tonight, 5/7/03.
Private Lynch hadn't been shot in a firefight, as earlier reports suggested. Her doctors say she appeared to have broken her leg when her truck overturned. She wasn't mistreated either, according to the staff. She was frightened, of course.
GMA, 5/12/03:
A promising reporting caught making up, simply making up some of the big front page news stories, from the suburban sniper to Jessica Lynch. Can you really trust reporters? More on that later.