Richard Engel was born on September 16, 1973.
He is an American journalist and author who serves as NBC News’ top international correspondent.
After working as the network’s Middle East reporter and Beirut bureau head, he was promoted to that post on April 18, 2008.
Does Richard Engel have a daughter?
He does not have a daughter yet but has two sons.
Who are Richard Engel’s sons?
Engel’s sons are; Henry and Theodore.
Henry, born in September 2015, and Theodore, born in August 2019, are their two boys.
Henry Engel was born with Rett syndrome, a genetic condition that is exceptionally unusual in men.
He recently revealed that Henry, his six-year-old son died from the syndrome.
Before joining NBC in May 2003, Engel worked as a freelance journalist in Baghdad for ABC News during the commencement of the 2003 Iraq war.
Engel is well-known for his reporting on the Iraq War, the Arab Spring, and the Syrian Civil War.
He speaks and reads Arabic, as well as Italian and Spanish.
Engel was awarded the Medill Medal for Journalism Courage for his piece War Zone Diary.
