Bowe Bergdahl gives emotional statement at sentencing hearing, apologizes to wounded service members (Report)

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl unexpectedly took the stand at his sentencing hearing Monday — and choked up several times as he apologized to service members who were wounded in the years-long hunt to save him.

Bergdahl said: “My words can’t take away what the people have been through.”

He was the first witness for the defense, who hadn’t previously made it known that Bergdahl would address the court. It was his most extensive remarks in court yet.

Under questioning by his own attorneys, he also gave a lengthy description of his brutal five years of captivity by Taliban allies.

He gave an unsworn statement, meaning that the judge will consider it but Bergdahl won’t be cross-examined by the prosecutors.

Earlier, the wife of a soldier who was shot in the head…