Richard Engel is an amazing journalist.

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He is never out of his depth.

And he's always reporting calmly from some incredibly dangerous situation.

I hope he stays safe in Kabul.

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[JohnSJ]

1. Engel. Typo?

[milestogo]

2. Yeah, typo

[JohnSJ]

3. +++. and yes he is an amazing journalist

[underpants]

4. He was completely free lance before 9/11 and the wars

Speaks Farsi as well as other languages. He knew the ins and outs there and was at the right spot at right time.

Anderson Cooper was free lance too in Rwanda.

[bdamomma]

6. I hope

he stays safe. Wonderful journalist.

[Lovie777]

7. He is one of the best . . .

stay safe.

[Arazi]

8. Clarissa Ward is also doing some amazing work

That said, both of them need to get out of there. Rescuing them WHEN they're abducted will be a nightmare

[panader0]

11. Really. Ward was on the streets with armed Taliban all around her.

She had a translator and was interviewing guys with AK-47s. Fearless.

[Baitball Blogger]

9. Time to send the armed drones.

[hamsterjill]

10. Great reporting.

May he and the others be safe and come home.

[milestogo]

12. Ugh, Journalists need help getting to the right side of the airport to leave the country.

Not to distract from the rest of the crisis, but I hope they can be safely evacuated.

[NurseJackie]

13. He's had so many dangerous situations and close-calls... I'm surprised he's still alive.

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14. Its like he's always standing on the pier reporting about an approaching hurricane

except its an exploding conflict.

[NurseJackie]

15. I remember one harrowing story he shared with Rachel Maddow...

... he was taken captive (temporarily) but he had no idea how it was going to turn out. The fact that he's fluent in Farsi has served him well, I guess.

[BannonsLiver]

16. I think he's in the middle of a crack up.

This is clearly weighing heavily on him.

[FakeNoose]

17. Yes I'm sure he sympathizes with the Afghanis

... as do a lot of Americans who have been living there for the past several years. He probably needs some va-cay time, as do a lot of those journalists.

I've made it a point to follow Richard Engel on his Friday night shows. Periodically he has an hour show "Richard Engel On Assignment" when Rachel gets the night off. I believe he does it remotely because he can't always fly into NY to do the show. Sooner or later I think he'll get a big promotion and a regular show on NBC.