ABC news anchor battles for life after Iraq blast

ABC news anchor Bob Woodruff and camera operator Doug Vogt were in serious but stable condition on Sunday after suffering head injuries when...

ABC news anchor Bob Woodruff and camera operator Doug Vogt were in serious but stable condition on Sunday after suffering head injuries when their Iraqi military vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb.

At the time of the blast, they were travelling with an Iraqi Army unit near Taji, outside Baghdad, ABC News said. The vehicle came under small-arms fire after the blast, the network reported. Both Woodruff and Vogt suffered head and shrapnel injuries even though they were wearing body armour, helmets and protective glasses, ABC News said. Vogt also had a broken shoulder.

‘‘Bob and Doug continue to rest in stable condition in Iraq after their surgeries,’’ ABC News President David Westin said. ‘‘They remain in serious condition with injuries to the head and, in Bob’s case, injuries to the upper body as well.’’

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Westin said Woodruff and Vogt would soon be flown to US medical facilities in Landstuhl, Germany, for further treatment.

Woodruff and Vogt were injured by an improvised explosive device, which insurgents often plant on roads to attack US vehicles.

ABC correspondent Martha Raddatz, appearing on the network’s This Week With George Stephanopoulos, said Woodruff and Vogt were exposed when the device exploded because they were standing up in their vehicle’s open hatch.

Woodruff, 44, is from Michigan and Vogt, 46, an Emmy-award-winning cameraman, is Canadian and lives in France.

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