--- description: LightBox has just learned that William Daniels, who was on assignment in Syria for TIME, safely crossed the border with wounded Le Figaro journalist Edith Bouvier into Lebanon Thursday. title: William Daniels, Edith Bouvier Arrive Safely in Lebanon image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ddc89cbfd11be08/69879d0e3c163935af4536d8/william_edith.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LightBox](/tag/time-section-lightbox/) ## LightBox Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # William Daniels, Edith Bouvier Arrive Safely in Lebanon by [TIME Photo Department](/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 1, 2012 10:57 PM CUT  A handout image from the French news channel France 24, taken by a Syrian opposition activist late on March 1, 2012, shows French journalists William Daniels and Edith Bouvier, who sustained serious leg injuries while trapped in Syria, following their evacuation from Homs to Lebanon. A handout image from the French news channel France 24, taken by a Syrian opposition activist late on March 1, 2012, shows French journalists William Daniels and Edith Bouvier, who sustained serious leg injuries while trapped in Syria, following their evacuation from Homs to Lebanon.AFP/Getty Images by [TIME Photo Department](/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 1, 2012 10:57 PM CUT LightBox has just learned that William Daniels, who was on assignment in Syria for TIME, safely crossed the border with wounded _Le Figaro_ journalist Edith Bouvier into Lebanon Thursday. Daniels was present in the war-torn city of Homs during a bombardment by Syrian forces that killed journalists Rémi Ochlik and Marie Colvin on Feb. 22, just one day after Daniels had arrived in the country. He was unharmed but Bouvier suffered serious fractures to her leg; the two appeared together in an online video the following day, pleading for safe transport so that Bouvier could receive medical attention. Today, more than a week later, they have finally made it out of danger. French President Nicholas Sarkozy announced publicly that the two, who are French, would be escorted to their embassy in Beirut—and TIME received a more personal confirmation of the good news: Patrick Witty, TIME’s International Picture Editor, got a text message from Daniels. “We are out,” he wrote, “and Edith is safe!”  A handout image from the French news channel France 24, taken by a Syrian opposition activist late on March 1, 2012, shows French journalists William Daniels and Edith Bouvier, who sustained serious leg injuries while trapped in Syria, following their evacuation from Homs to Lebanon. 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