roadside bomb-related stories
Posted Oct 20th 2006 3:01PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: ABC, News, Industry

The AP
reports that Bob Woodruff, who was
severely injured by a roadside bomb while working in Iraq last January, will make his first on-screen appearance since the injury this spring. He will appear in a prime-time special that detailed his long recovery process.
In the special, Woodruff will interview eyewitnesses to the explosion and the medical teams that helped get him to safety and saved his life. He will also talk to other soldiers who have been injured in Iraq, as well as their families. Woodruff and his wife Lynn are also working on a book for Random House about his injury and recovery affected him and his family. The book will also talk about the couple's history together.
After the special airs, Woodruff will also begin to work more regularly at ABC News, but his role is uncertain, since he lost his
World News anchor spot to Charles Gibson earlier this year.
Posted Mar 16th 2006 9:04PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: ABC, News, Celebrities

ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff
was
released from a military hospital today, six weeks after being
seriously injured by a roadside
bomb in Iraq. He suffered injuries to his neck, head, face, and chest and will requires many more months of
rehabilitation, first in a private facility and then at his home. When he was released, doctors say he was laughing and
joking with family and staff. Doug Vogt, the ABC cameraman also injured in the explosion, was released from the hospital
in
February.
ABC
News has said that Woodruff is welcome to return to the anchor chair when he is ready. In the meantime,
Diane Sawyer and
Charlie Gibson have been subbing for him. ABC will dedicate Monday's entire episode of
World News Tonight
to the third anniversary of the Iraq war.
Posted Feb 25th 2006 11:14AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: ABC, News, Talent

Cameraman Doug Vogt is out of the hospital and
headed to the home he shares with his wife in France. Vogt and ABC
World News Tonight anchor Bob Woodruff were
riding with a military convoy outside of Baghdad
last month when the vehicle
they were riding in hit a roadside bomb. Both men were treated by military personnel and flown to Germany and then
America for treatment. Vogt was released from Bethesda Medical Center this week, but Woodruff remains sedated. Doctors
say Woodruff may be able to move to a care facility near his home in New York in the next few weeks.
Posted Feb 9th 2006 10:03AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: ABC, News, Talent

Doug Vogt, the ABC camerman
who was injured by a roadside
bomb in Iraq, is in an outpatient facility this morning. He was moved to Bethesda Medical Center to continue his
recovery.
ABC World News Tonight anchor Bob Woodruff, who was injured in the same attack on Jan.
29, remains sedated. His injuries, to his upper torso, head, face, and brain, are much more serious than Vogt's.
Doctors say that Woodruff is showing signs of improvement, but his road to recovery is going to be much longer and
harder than Vogt's. In the meantime, ABC News chose to move Woodruff's co-anchor, Elizabeth Vargas, off the anchor desk
and replace her, at least temporarily, with
Charlie Gibson
and Diane Sawyer.
Posted Feb 1st 2006 8:56AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: ABC, News, Celebrities
World News Tonight anchorman Bob Woodruff and cameraman Doug Vogt arrived in the United States last night
and are being treated at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. ABC says it considered moving the men to a
private hospital but decided against it since the military doctors have experience treating victims of bombings. The
picture at the right is of soldiers loading Woodruff on transport that would take him to a C-17 military plane in
Germany. You can see from all the medical instruments, his injuries are very serious. Woodruff's family reports that he
was hit in the face and brain with shrapnel when the Iraqi military vehicle he and Vogt were riding in hit a roadside
bomb just outside Baghdad, Iraq over the weekend. Vogt, on the other hand, is reportedly in much better condition. He
was laughing and making jokes while at the hospital in Germany, whereas Woodruff could barely open his eyes.
Posted Jan 29th 2006 6:23PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: ABC, News

Co-anchor of
World News Tonight Bob Woodruff and cameraman Doug Vogt were injured when the
vehicle they were riding in hit a roadside bomb early Sunday morning. The two apparently were standing up in a hatch,
filming a story in the vehicle as it drove along.
The two are listed in stable but critical condition, after
being flown to the "green zone" where military doctors operated on them. ABC is providing continuous updates
on their conditions
here.
Concidentally, today's
Washington Post
features an article about Woodruff and his co-anchor, Elizabeth Vargas. In the article, Woodruff says his goal is
"to be the best damn foreign correspondent I could be."