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  ABC News: Bob Woodruff
Bob Woodruff joined ABC News in 1996 and has covered major stories throughout the country and around the world for the network.
Woodruff has covered the entire so-called "axis of evil," the nuclear showdown in Iran, and in June 2005 he got unprecedented access to the secretive country of North Korea.
Woodruff has a law degree from the University of Michigan Law School and a BA from Colgate University.
abcnews.go.com /WNT/story?id=127761   (569 words)

  
 ABC News: Woodruff, Cameraman Seriously Injured in Iraq
Bob Woodruff is seen here in a photo taken approximately a half hour before he was injured in an attack on his convoy in Iraq.
Woodruff and Vogt were standing up in the back hatch of their vehicle taping a video log of the patrol at the time of the attack.
Woodruff and Vogt had been embedded with the 4th Infantry Division and were in a mechanized vehicle on a combined operation with Iraqi Army and Coalition forces when the explosive went off.
abcnews.go.com /WNT/story?id=1553996&page=1   (970 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Bob Woodruff recovering, able to speak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Bob Woodruff and ABC cameraman Doug Vogt were standing in the hatch of an Iraqi mechanized vehicle, reporting on the war from the Iraqi troops' perspective, when the roadside bomb exploded Jan. 29.
Woodruff, 44, still is on heavy pain medication as his body recovers from the serious head injuries and other wounds.
Bob Woodruff grew up near Detroit in Oakland County's Bloomfield Township and is a 1979 graduate of Cranbrook Schools in Bloomfield Hills.
www.usatoday.com /life/people/2006-03-07-woodruff-recovering_x.htm   (395 words)

  
 Bob Woodruff contributes to `Nightline' - Boston.com
ABC's Bob Woodruff contributed to a "Nightline" report on North Korea on Wednesday, his first journalistic work since being seriously hurt by a roadside bomb in Iraq on Jan. 29.
NEW YORK --ABC's Bob Woodruff contributed to a "Nightline" report on North Korea on Wednesday, his first journalistic work since being seriously hurt by a roadside bomb in Iraq on Jan. 29.
Woodruff recorded the new lines while vacationing with his family in upstate New York, ABC said.
www.boston.com /ae/tv/articles/2006/07/06/bob_woodruff_contributes_to_nightline   (177 words)

  
 ABC30.com: Bob Woodruff and Doug Vogt Show Improvement
Woodruff was brought out of sedation long enough to open his eyes briefly and respond to stimuli to his hands and feet, said ABC News correspondent Jim Scuitto, reporting from the German hospital where Woodruff and Vogt are being treated.
Woodruff's wife, Lee, has flown to Germany to be by her husband's side.
Woodruff's overseas reporting of the fallout from Sept. 11 was part of ABC News' coverage that was awarded the Alfred I. DuPont Award and the George Foster Peabody Award, the two highest honors in broadcast journalism.
abclocal.go.com /kfsn/story?section=nation_world&id=3859042   (1750 words)

  
 ABC's Bob Woodruff describes recovery - Boston.com
ABC News is airing a prime-time special, "To Iraq and Back: Bob Woodruff Reports," about Woodruff's recovery and the plight of other brain-injured Iraq veterans at 10 p.m.
Woodruff was riding in an Iraqi army tank in Taji, Iraq, his head and upper body exposed through the hatch, when the bomb went off.
Woodruff hedged when asked if he would want to go back and report in Iraq before ABC News President David Westin cut him off.
www.boston.com /ae/tv/articles/2007/02/26/abcs_bob_woodruff_describes_recovery   (863 words)

  
 ABC News's Woodruff Stable After Attack | Bob Woodruff : People.com
ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff is in stable but serious condition after suffering a head injury and broken bones when an improvised explosive device went off while he was reporting from Iraq.
Officials tell ABC News that Woodruff, 44, and his photographer were wearing protective body armor, ballistic glasses and helmets but were exposed to the blast because they were standing in the hatch of an Iraqi vehicle at the time of the roadside bomb attack near Taji.
Woodruff's wife, Lee (the couple have four children), is said to be flying to her husband's side with family friend Melanie Bloom, widow of NBC newsman David Bloom, who died in April of 2003 of a pulmonary embolism while covering the Iraq war.
www.people.com /people/article/0,26334,1154181,00.html   (600 words)

  
 ABC's Woodruff out of hospital, 'watching the news' - On Deadline - USATODAY.com
ABC News just e-mailed reporters with word that World News Tonight co-anchor Bob Woodruff, who along with photographer Doug Vogt was seriously injured by a bomb while reporting from Iraq in January, has been released from the National Naval Medical Center to continue his recovery at a private facility.
Bob Woodruff wasn't the only person injured, but mentioning Doug Vogt's progress seems to be, at best, just an afterthought.
Bob Woodruff's ultimate goal was to bring the news home to all of us about the actual events affecting our troops in Iraq.
blogs.usatoday.com /ondeadline/2006/03/abcs_woodruff_o.html   (2945 words)

  
 'I'm lucky,' ABC's Bob Woodruff says - USATODAY.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Spend some time talking to ABC's Bob Woodruff, and it's nearly impossible to tell that he was almost been killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq on Jan. 29, 2006, and sustained such severe brain trauma that it required removing part of his skull.
Woodruff says he still has difficulty remembering certain words, but as he fields questions, his mind — he's a lawyer — seems as sharp as ever.
Woodruff, 45, says he plans to continue covering the story in future ABC News specials.
www.usatoday.com /life/television/news/2007-02-26-bob-woodruff_x.htm?csp=34   (621 words)

  
 Anchor Bob Woodruff seriously injured in Iraq - The Media
Woodruff and Elizabeth Vargas were named in December to replace the late Peter Jennings as "World News Tonight" anchors.
Woodruff, an attorney and former law professor, began in journalism with CBS News as a translator in Beijing, China, during the Tiananmen Square uprising in 1989.
Woodruff, 44, and 46-year-old cameraman Doug Vogt were in an Iraqi military vehicle near Taji, about about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Baghdad, at the time of the explosion, ABC said.
www.inreview.com /topic-35904.html   (626 words)

  
 Bob Woodruff | NewsBusters.org
ABC News is reporting that Bob Woodruff, one of the just-named anchors of "World News Tonight," who has traveled intensely in the new job, has been seriously injured in Iraq, as was his cameraman.
Woodruff and Vogt are undergoing surgery at the U.S. military hospital in Balad.
Woodruff sustained shrapnel wounds and Vogt was hit by shrapnel in the head and suffered a broken shoulder.
newsbusters.org /taxonomy/term/356   (2529 words)

  
 Bob Woodruff to return to air in spring 2007 - TV NEWS AND INFORMATION - MSNBC.com
Bob Woodruff suffered severe injuries to his chest, neck, face and head in the bomb attack near Baghdad on Jan. 29.
At the same time, Woodruff, 45, and his wife, Lee, are co-authors of a book for publisher Random House focusing on their lives since the military patrol he was traveling with on assignment near Baghdad was hit by a roadside bomb on Jan. 29.
Woodruff also will report on the “the heroic efforts of the military medical teams that have saved thousands of soldiers’ lives and the stories of how those injured soldiers and their families bravely carry on despite life-altering injuries,” the network said.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/15335744   (510 words)

  
 Bob Woodruff, wife recount recovery - Features
Bob and Lee Woodruff appeared on Winfrey's show to discuss their memoir, "In an Instant: A Family's Journey of Love and Healing," which went on sale Tuesday.
Woodruff said the first thing he remembers after emerging from a 5-week-long coma was waking up in the middle of the night and thinking of Lee.
Lee Woodruff said one of her greatest strengths was her friend Melanie Bloom, the widow of NBC journalist David Bloom, who died in Iraq in 2003 from an apparent blood clot.
media.www.dailyvidette.com /media/storage/paper420/news/2007/03/01/Features/Bob-Woodruff.Wife.Recount.Recovery-2749996.shtml   (746 words)

  
 Doug Vogt, Bob Woodruff, Seriously Injured In Iraqi Bombing
Raddatz said that Vogt and Woodruff were traveling in the lead vehicle of a convoy riding with Iraqi security forces instead of in an American heavily armored Humvee, and that they were standing up in the vehicle's hatch and exposed when the bomb went off.
Woodruff is married and has four children, and Vogt is married and has three daughters.
During the initial invasion of Iraq, Woodruff was embedded with the First Marine Division, and before moving to New York in 2002 he was based in ABC’s bureau in London.
www.nppa.org /news_and_events/news/2006/01/vogt.html   (688 words)

  
 Bob Woodruff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
With a change of record labels, Woodruff returns with a strong follow-up to his 1994 debut Dreams & Saturday Nights.
Woodruff continues with potent original songs, such as "That Was Then," a song about an aging musician who just has to keep playing, which sounds like a continuation of the character he introduced with "Hard Liquor, Cold Women, Warm Beer," the unforgettable song from his first album.
Throw in a couple of Arthur Alexander R&B gems (that include "Everyday I Have to Cry" and "If It's Really Got to Be This Way") handled with loving care, and you have a record you'll want to visit again and again.
www.findthefun.com /bands/b01/b0013830.htm   (234 words)

  
 Bob Woodruff - Biography - AOL Music
Bob Woodruff played in rock & roll bands as a kid growing up in New York City and New York state, but when he started writing songs, country music was where he found his vehicle for expression.
Woodruff found a new home for his music at Imprint Records and released his second album, Desire Road, in 1997.
Get Bob Woodruff biography information, download, listen and watch Bob Woodruff music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and use the music search function to find information on other new and established recording artists.
music.aol.com /artist/bob-woodruff/139598/biography   (277 words)

  
 Lincoln Tribune - Bob Woodruff and Other Embedded Reporters Deserve Our Thanks - Opinion - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The type of explosive device that hit Bob Woodruff and his cameraman Doug Vogt is so common that it accounts for 60 percent of the deaths of American troops, and 9,200 of the injuries.
Of course, it's true that on the day Woodruff was injured, more than a dozen people were killed in Iraq, including three who died as a result of a series of what The Washington Post described as coordinated bombings targeting churches.
Woodruff is home now, but the press has to keep covering this war until the rest of our troops, the rest of the husbands and fathers who are there, are home, as well.
www.lincolntribune.com /modules/news/article.php?storyid=3808   (680 words)

  
 KEYT - U.S./World - Bob Woodruff Injured in Iraq   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Co-anchor for World News Tonight, ABC's Bob Woodruff, is in an Iraqi hospital after sustaining injuries from an attack.
Woodruff and his cameraman, Doug Vogt, were embedded with the fourth infantry division near Baghdad when the armored vehicle they were in came across an improvised explosive device and small arms fire.
Woodruff was in Iraq on assignment this week to contribute to ABC news for President Bush's State of the Union Address.
www.keyt.com /news/usworld/2250351.html   (151 words)

  
 'In An Instant' is a remarkably lucid story of Bob Woodruff's recovery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Should you not know that former ABC World News Tonight anchor Bob Woodruff was critically injured by a bomb in Iraq about a year ago, be prepared to learn a lot about that in the coming days.
Woodruff was standing in the open hatch of an Iraqi tank that was rolling toward the town of Taji that Jan. 29.
But Woodruff wanted to talk to Iraqi soldiers, and he wanted to film himself talking while the tank rolled to add to the stories he and his crew were planning to file.
www.freep.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070227/FEATURES05/70227071   (879 words)

  
 Bob Woodruff Trail, Collin County, Texas - Hiking
Bob Woodruff Trail is a trail quite far from Dallas -Fort Worth-Arlington but it is a good trail.
You'll need more than a day to explore everything Bob Woodruff Trail has to offer, you can camp at Spring Creek Village Rv and of course Brown Branch is a pretty stream that is worth checking out.
There's so much to do here at Bob Woodruff Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Collin Park RV Resort and Marina is a good place for that.
www.maxtrails.com /trails/1008028_Bob_Woodruff_Trail_Texas.html   (607 words)

  
 CNN.com - Wounded ABC crew shows improvement - Jan 30, 2006
Woodruff, 46, and Vogt, 44, suffered serious head injuries Sunday in the roadside blast north of Baghdad.
Woodruff, who also suffered shrapnel wounds, responded to stimuli in his hands and feet, and briefly opened his eyes, and Vogt was alert and joking, the network reported.
Woodruff, an attorney and former law professor, began his career in journalism as a translator for CBS News in Beijing during the Tiananmen Square uprising in 1989.
www.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/meast/01/30/iraq.woodruff.vogt/index.html   (804 words)

  
 Eat The Press | Harry Shearer: Bob Woodruff | The Huffington Post
I choose to see Woodruff and Voght's travels to Iraq as part of that continuing commitment to reporting, in the first person, from the places and situations around the world that are important for us to know about.
When Bob Woodruff first took over the anchor chair, I confess that I thought that he was way too handsome to have much substance.
Woodruff's attractiveness and position are bringing attention to the insanity of this mission and as Amanpour so deftly states, "the fl hole of Iraq." Perhaps his presence and his wounds will serve to awaken the consciousness of our humanity.
www.huffingtonpost.com /harry-shearer/bob-woodruff_b_14747.html   (3222 words)

  
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Woodruff will interview eyewitnesses to the explosion and the medical team that saved his life on Jan. 29, 2006, ABC said last year.
The special, tentatively titled "To Iraq and Back: Bob Woodruff Reports," will also focus on the military's medical recovery teams and how they are helping injured soldiers and their families.
Random House has also announced that it's publishing a memoir by Woodruff and his wife, Lee, discussing how their family was affected by the injury.
www.ksdk.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=110498   (154 words)

  
 Popjournalism | PopNews | 2006 | ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff seriously injured in Iraq
ABC News anchorman Bob Woodruff and his camera operator Doug Vogt have been seriously injured in an explosion.
MSNBC reports that Woodruff and Vogt were wearing body armor and helmets when the explosion occurred, measures that may turn out to have saved their lives.
Woodruff and Vogt had been embedded with the 4th Infantry Division that was accompanying an Iraqi Army unit.
www.popjournalism.ca /pop/news/2006/00205bobwoodruff.shtml   (275 words)

  
 ABC News's Bob Woodruff Goes Home | Bob Woodruff : People.com
ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff, who was seriously injured in January while reporting from Iraq, is finally going home, he said in a note to colleagues on Thursday.
In the note Woodruff also thanked the doctors and nurses whom he credits with saving his life, as well as his wife, Lee, 45, and their children (son Mack, 14, daughter Cathryn, 12, and 5-year-old twins Nora and Claire).
Woodruff, 44, suffered a head injury and broken bones when a roadside bomb exploded near the Humvee he was traveling in north of Baghdad.
www.people.com /people/article/0,,1181056,00.html   (351 words)

  
 bob woodruff condition vogt - pxn.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff and his cameraman were in serious but stable condition Sunday after both were wounded by a roadside bomb north of Baghdad,...
ABC News co-anchor Bob Woodruff and cameraman Doug Vogt arrived in the United...
Stable Condition, ABC News anchorman Bob Woodruff and cameraman Doug Vogt are...
www.pxn.com /news/bob-woodruff-condition-vogt   (349 words)

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