World News Archive30-Jan-2006
ABC "World News Tonight" co-anchor Bob Woodruff and a cameraman were seriously injured Sunday when the Iraqi Army vehicle they were traveling in was attacked with an explosive device. They were in stable condition following surgery. Bob Woodruff, one of the co-anchors of ABC News' "World News Tonight," was badly wounded in Iraq by Sunday by an improved explosive device. Woodruff and photographer Doug Vogt were traveling in an Iraqi army vehicle when the blast occurred. Both men suffered serious head injuries in the attack. In a bid to break into the U.S. television market, BBC World News has signed a long-term distribution deal with Discovery Communications. "World News Tonight" co-anchor Bob Woodruff and his cameraman, Doug Vogt, were seriously injured Sunday after their convoy was hit by an explosive device in Taji, Iraq, according to ABCNews.com. Elizabeth Vargas (L) and Bob Woodruff, co-anchors of ABC's "World News Tonight", answer questions during the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, California in this file image from January 21, 2006. Woodruff and cameraman Doug Vogt were seriously injured in a roadside bombing in Iraq on January 29, 2006. Both men are in serious condition and are being treated for head injuries. For a news division that had come to grips with Peter Jennings' death last summer and was steadying itself with a new team, word that World News Tonight co-anchor Bob Woodruff and his cameraman were seriously injured Sunday by an explosion in Iraq seemed the cruelest blow.
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