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ABC's Bob Woodruff Recovering, Able to Speak
36 minutes ago
Tues, March 7, 2006
Five weeks after ABC anchorman Bob Woodruff was seriously injured in an Iraqi explosion, he remains hospitalized but is able to say a few words and is starting to walk, his brother said Tuesday.
"In the last couple of days, he's taken a lot of great leaps forward," David Woodruff said. "He's definitely doing so much better."
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. Both were wearing body armor, which doctors say likely saved their lives.
The men underwent surgery in Iraq and were treated in Germany before being flown to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.
Woodruff, 44, is still on heavy pain medication as his body recovers from the serious head injuries and other wounds. But he recognizes people, he can tell his daughter he loves her, and the multilingual journalist has even said a few words in Chinese and German, his brother David Woodruff told ABC's "Good Morning America."
The first response David Woodruff recalls getting from his brother in the hospital was a smile when he told him: "I hate to tell you this, but you still have a face for TV."
"My brother's been an overachiever his entire life. I think none of us expected him to do anything less in this whole process," David Woodruff said. "We know that top on his mind is getting back to his family, to his kids and getting back to doing what he loves to do."
ABC News President David Westin, in an e-mail to his staff on Tuesday, said Woodruff is "exceeding expectations and giving us real reason for optimism."
Vogt left Bethesda Medical Center in late February and returned home to France, where he is undergoing rehabilitation, the network said.
"Good Morning America" anchors Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer have been substituting for Woodruff, who started as co-anchor of ABC's "World News Tonight" with Elizabeth Vargas earlier this year.
ABC is expected to announce a longer-range plan for "World News Tonight" in the coming weeks.
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Copyright © 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
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36 minutes ago
Tues, March 7, 2006
Five weeks after ABC anchorman Bob Woodruff was seriously injured in an Iraqi explosion, he remains hospitalized but is able to say a few words and is starting to walk, his brother said Tuesday.
"In the last couple of days, he's taken a lot of great leaps forward," David Woodruff said. "He's definitely doing so much better."
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. Both were wearing body armor, which doctors say likely saved their lives.
The men underwent surgery in Iraq and were treated in Germany before being flown to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.
Woodruff, 44, is still on heavy pain medication as his body recovers from the serious head injuries and other wounds. But he recognizes people, he can tell his daughter he loves her, and the multilingual journalist has even said a few words in Chinese and German, his brother David Woodruff told ABC's "Good Morning America."
The first response David Woodruff recalls getting from his brother in the hospital was a smile when he told him: "I hate to tell you this, but you still have a face for TV."
"My brother's been an overachiever his entire life. I think none of us expected him to do anything less in this whole process," David Woodruff said. "We know that top on his mind is getting back to his family, to his kids and getting back to doing what he loves to do."
ABC News President David Westin, in an e-mail to his staff on Tuesday, said Woodruff is "exceeding expectations and giving us real reason for optimism."
Vogt left Bethesda Medical Center in late February and returned home to France, where he is undergoing rehabilitation, the network said.
"Good Morning America" anchors Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer have been substituting for Woodruff, who started as co-anchor of ABC's "World News Tonight" with Elizabeth Vargas earlier this year.
ABC is expected to announce a longer-range plan for "World News Tonight" in the coming weeks.
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On the Net:
http://abc.go.com/
Copyright © 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
Copyright © 2006 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.