Hope everything turns out OK...

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1553996&page=1

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"ABC News' Bob Woodruff and Cameraman Injured in Iraq 'World News Tonight' Co-Anchor and Cameraman Slammed by IED While with Iraqi Army Jan. 29, 2006 — "World News Tonight" anchor, Bob Woodruff and his cameraman, Doug Vogt, were injured after their convoy was hit by an improvised explosive device in Taji, Iraq, today. Woodruff and Vogt are undergoing surgery at the U.S. military hospital in Balad. Both men suffered head injuries. Woodruff sustained shrapnel wounds and Vogt was hit by shrapnel in the head and suffered a broken shoulder. Woodruff, Vogt and their four-man team were traveling in a convoy with Iraqi security forces. They had been embedded with the 4th Infantry Division and were in a mechanized vehicle when the explosive went off. The exposion was followed by small arms fire. "This is very common over there now," said White House correspondent Martha Raddatz, who also covered the Pentagon for years and has had entensive experience in Iraq, on "This Week With George Stephanopoulos" this morning. "These attacks are planned, and this [the small arms attack] is a secondary attack. Sometimes when the medical personnel come in, they have small arms fire following up on that." Both were wearing body armor, helmets and ballistic glasses. They had been traveling in a U.S. armored humvee, but then transferred into the Iraqi vehicle. The men were medevaced to the Green Zone to receive treatment. They were then flown by helicopter to Balad which is about a 20-minute ride from Baghdad, said Raddatz. "There are very good doctors, the best medical care you can possibly get, in Balad," said Raddatz. Woodruff has been on assignment in Iraq and planned to broadcast from the war-torn country this week for the State of the Union address. The father of four children, he was one of the first reporters in Pakistan following the Sept. 11 attacks. Woodruff's overseas reporting of the fallout from Sept. 11th was part of ABC News coverage recognized with the Alfred I. DuPont Award and the George Foster Peabody Award, the two highest honors in broadcast journalism. He has also covered the Iraq conflict in Baghdad, Najaf, Nassariya and Basra. During the initial invasion, Woodruff reported from the front lines as an embedded journalist with the First Marine Division, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion. Vogt, the father of three daughters, was sitting next to ABC News producer David Kaplan when the producer was shot and killed in Bosnia, and has considerable experience documenting war. Earlier this month, Vogt, who has been with ABC News for more than 15 years, was with Woodruff in Iran. He was recently in another convoy in which someone was killed by an IED. "They've covered all the wars, the hot spots," said ABC New's Jim Sciutto, who is covering the war in Iraq. "The best we have with Doug. He's the cameraman we all request when we go to the field because he's so good, a fantastic eye. He's won so many awards for ABC.""

[Edited on January 29, 2006 at 11:54 AM. Reason : ---]

1/29/2006 11:53:43 AM

Holy shit, I hope they're both alright.

1/29/2006 12:00:05 PM

Wow, this is the worst thing to happen in Iraq ever!

1/29/2006 12:12:23 PM

nah just sad b/c I watch WNT every night and liked his reporting

1/29/2006 12:40:38 PM

what a retard.

1/29/2006 12:44:42 PM

"World News Tonight" co-anchor Bob Woodruff and cameraman Doug Vogt remain in stable but serious condition following surgery at a U.S. military hospital in Iraq.

1/29/2006 4:42:11 PM

dang

1/29/2006 4:43:25 PM

WHY DID THE PRESS NOT HAVE THE SPECIAL ARMOR THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THEIR INJURIES? WHY DO WE ALLOW SUCH SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS FOR OUR PRIZED PRESS CORPS?

1/29/2006 5:55:25 PM

I know that was [sarcasm], but apparently they did -- the body armor is the only thing that kept them alive. According to the story they were in an up-armored US Humvee with our troops, but then switched over to an Iraqi mech vehicle to chat with them.

1/29/2006 6:17:51 PM

why do you hate freedom so much?

1/29/2006 6:28:24 PM

Why couldn't this have happened to Geraldo?

1/30/2006 4:14:10 AM

From the Cobert Report:

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"You know who would make a good vampire? Bob Woodruff."

Woodruff is in Iraq, Vargas is in Washington for the State of the Union. I guess we can figure out which anchor is replaceable to them. I hope he and the camera man get better.

1/30/2006 7:37:29 AM

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"Why couldn't this have happened to Geraldo?"

because 1) he doesn't fuck with shit like this and 2) he only green-screens

1/30/2006 7:41:45 AM

And I'm sure that the US would cheer if he died more than if he lived.

1/30/2006 8:48:51 AM