I thank you for serving our country.
Posted on 01/29/2006 5:25:40 AM PST by ARealMothersSonForever
Bob Woodward and photographer injured in IED attack.
I thank you for serving our country.
yup , pleased & happy to say ,...
.... I haven't listened to The Mummy In the Cowboy Getup in over 2yrs
Thank you for your service! God Bless You!
Hey lady, I'm glad your son made it back ok and you too survived his deployment.
I have seen video of reporterettes covering my son's battalion with their "native" scarves flapping in the wind looking and sounding for all the world like Paris Hilton and her sidekick. It would have been funny if it were a video game but as you say, it's not and the disdain they feel for our guys oozes from their lips.
I better stop. This has been a horrible day and I've already said and written a lot of stuff I can't take back. It all started when my sister-in-law said Murtha was a good guy, very sincere and noble.
I can't believe people are making a saint out of that clown. Al Qaeda must think Americans still watch the national news in this country.
Therein lies the problem. Some people think it's real because ABC presents it as real. It's called fraud. It affects peoples lives. It even costs lives. It emboldens our enemies. It is not theater nor is it benign. Maybe you should watch and you would then know what I am talking about.
You might also become sufficiently aware of this issue that you debate so earnestly that you might know what you are talking about.
I don't mean that as a slam but really, you have to see it a few times to know what I mean.
I'm flattered to know that you would be so interested in my posting and viewing habits. Yup, you caught me - I'm an "I" fan. Problem is, J. Edgar is dead, so who ya gonna tell? Back to your morning cartoons, kid, or whatever it is you choose to watch.
Somehow I knew that would be part of your response. Elitist Colorado Doug gets it but he feels so bad for those who don't.
No thanks, pal, I'll determine what I watch and I don't need to be instructed by some self-appointed viewing policeman.
Thank god, Imus is coming up in about a half hour.
An Imus fan?? OH NO!! Say it isn't so.
(don't tell, I am one also!!)
There are many closet Imus watchers on FR. Many don't post because they know it's no fun being flamed by those who think F&F and the other morning fluff shows provide better entertainment . . . or something. Half the DC power elites listen to or watch Imus and I want to know what they know.
Hope you got some sleep.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060130/ap_on_re_mi_ea/woodruff_iraq
Don't know if there is anything new in this:
Wounded ABC Anchor Evacuated to Germany By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer
1 minute ago
NEW YORK - ABC's "World News Tonight" led its nightly broadcast with its own journalists in the news: Co-anchor Bob Woodruff and a cameraman had been seriously injured by a roadside bomb in Iraq.
Woodruff and Doug Vogt both suffered head injuries, and Woodruff also suffered broken bones. They were in stable condition following surgery and were being evacuated to medical facilities in Germany, ABC News President David Westin said.
"We take this as good news, but the next few days will be critical," Westin said Sunday night.
Woodruff and Vogt, an award-winning cameraman, were embedded with the 4th Infantry Division and traveling in a convoy Sunday with U.S. and Iraqi troops near Taji, about 12 miles north of Baghdad.
They were wearing body armor and helmets but were standing up in the hatch of the mechanized vehicle when the device exploded, exposing them to shrapnel. An Iraqi solder also was hurt in the explosion.
"Doug was conscious, and I was able to reassure him we were getting them care. I spoke to Bob also and walked with them to the helicopter," said ABC senior producer Kate Felsen, who had been working with Woodruff for the past two weeks.
It was another dose of bad news for ABC News, still recovering from the cancer death of Peter Jennings in August. Woodruff, 44, assumed Jennings' old job anchoring "World News Tonight" with Elizabeth Vargas earlier this month.
"Bob and Doug were in Iraq doing what reporters do, trying to find out what's happening there up-close and firsthand. All of us are mindful of the risks and the dangers," Vargas said Sunday night in a closing note.
Woodruff, 44, a father of four, has been at ABC News since 1996. He grew up in Michigan and became a corporate lawyer in New York, but changed fields soon after a stint teaching law in Beijing in 1989 and helping CBS News during the chaos of the Tiananmen Square protest.
Vogt, 46, is a three-time Emmy award-winning cameraman from Canada who has spent the last 20 years based in Europe covering global events for CBC, BBC and now exclusively for ABC News. He lives in Aix-en-Provence, France.
ABC said that at the time of the attack both men were in an Iraqi vehicle — considered less secure than U.S. military equipment — to get the perspective of the Iraqi military. They were aware the Iraqi forces are the frequent targets of insurgent attacks, the network said.
Dozens of journalists have been injured, killed or kidnapped in Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.
Jill Carroll, a freelance reporter for The Christian Science Monitor, was kidnapped by gunmen Jan. 7. She was among 250 foreigners who had been taken captive in the country since the U.S. invasion; at least 39 of those foreigners were killed.
The most visible among the U.S. TV reporters was David Bloom of NBC News, who died from an apparent blood clot while traveling south of Baghdad on April 6, 2003.
The Blooms and Woodruffs were known to be close friends, and when NBC News executives had to tell Bloom's widow that her husband had died, they made sure Woodruff's wife, Lee, was there to offer support.
Woodruff spent three days in Israel last week reporting on the Palestinian elections, and was to have been in Iraq through the State of the Union address on Tuesday, according to ABC.
ABC News' Jim Sciutto, who is covering the war in Iraq, said of Vogt: "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."
On CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday, anchor Bob Schieffer abandoned his commentary to wish Woodruff and Vogt well. "It just hit us all like a lightning bolt because we've all been there," he later told The Associated Press.
NBC "Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams said he had been in touch with Woodruff's family and is praying for the families of both men. "There is no way to cover the story in Iraq without exposure to danger," he said.
Good morning toots, did get sleep and hope the same for you.
Imus is my Drive Time voice in the morning as I get it all from listening to him.
As if F&F is any better, fehhhhhhhhh
For your driving pleasure:
Monday's Guests:
6:29 - Jon Meacham,
8:29 - Mary Matalin
I'm sure he'll be talking to a number of other folks about Woodruff and his cameraman.
Watching Imus. Press conference coming up. I assume from Germany. MSNBC will cover.
Watching Imus. Press conference coming up. I assume from Germany. MSNBC will cover.
It's an ABC news conference and MSNBC will cover. Looks like Imus and crew are watching the monitor as if it is about to start. ??
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/62551.htm
January 30, 2006 -- ABC news anchor Bob Woodruff underwent an operation on his skull yesterday after he and his cameraman were severely wounded in a roadside explosion and shootout near Baghdad.
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Woodruff and Vogt went through hours of surgery in a Baghdad military hospital for severe shrapnel wounds to their heads and upper bodies and were in stable condition.
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He was told doctors had to drill a hole in his brother's skull to relieve pressure.
Shouldn't that have gone without saying?
Brokaw, who has been in touch with Woodruff's wife, was just on with Imus. Swelling around Woodruff's brain has gone down but the next 24-48 hours could be critical. Think I heard that right.
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