There is talk now that it was gunfire that got the reporters.From www.heraldnewsdaily.com:
WASHINGTON - ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff and camera operator Doug Vogt were seriously injured in a roadside bombing in Iraq on Sunday, the U.S. television network said.
At the time of the blast, they were traveling with an Iraqi Army unit in an Iraqi vehicle near Taji, near Baghdad, the network said. After the blast, the vehicle came under small arms fire, ABC news reported.
Both men have head and shrapnel injuries even though they were wearing body armor, helmets and protective glasses, the network reported. Vogt also had a broken shoulder.
"We have learned from the U.S. military and from our producer on the scene that Bob and Doug are out of surgery and are both in stable condition," ABC News President David Westin said in a statement.
"We take this as good news, but the next few days will be critical. The military plans to evacuate them to their medical facilities in Landstuhl (Germany), probably overnight tonight," he said.
Woodruff and Vogt were injured by an improvised explosive device, or IED, which insurgents often plant on roads to attack U.S. vehicles...
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...Both journalists suffered head injuries, and Woodruff also has broken bones.They were in stable condition following surgery at a U.S. military hospital in Iraq, and due to be evacuated to medical facilities in Germany, probably overnight, said ABC News President David Westin...