With a distinct voice any longtime New Yorker can recognize, Chuck Scarborough is a local legend and news veteran marking his 50th anniversary reporting for the.
we ll take you to jessica lynch s hometown in west virginia where the celebrations still are going on. now to the heroic story of private first class jessica lynch. the p.o.w. rescued earlier this week. according to the washington post, she fought fiercely before she was captured, even after she was shot in an ambush and some of her comrades died around her, she kept firing until she ran out of ammunition. one official describes her as fighting to the death. nbc s dawn fratangelo was at the medical center in germany where private lynch is being treated. dawn, good morning to you. reporter: good morning. lynch is one of the most celebrated patients here at the medical center. lynch and 14 members disappeared after being ambushed. military officials say she fought, even while hurt, until she ran out of ammunition. it was the first rescue of an american prisoner of war since world war ii. and she was a hero.