ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff and cameraman Doug Vogt yesterday were taken to the Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, the latest stop for medical treatment after being injured by an improvised explosive device attack Jan. 29 near Taji, Iraq, 12mi north of Baghdad.
Quoting Woodruff’s brother David, ABC News reported that the co-anchor "is beginning to move his arms and legs and is trying to open his eyes." Woodruff, who is connected to a breathing tube, is under sedation. His doctors plan to wean him from his sedatives over the next few days. Vogt is reportedly alert and responsive.
Woodruff and Vogt, embedded with the 4th Infantry Division, were traveling with a convoy of U.S. and Iraqi Army forces when the attack occurred. At the time of the blast, the pair was in an Iraqi-armored vehicle, which subsequently came under small arms fire. Both were wearing body armor, but were exposed through the hatch of the vehicle at the time of the explosion.
After receiving initial medical attention in Iraq, the pair was evacuated to Ramstein Air Base in Germany where they received further medical treatment Jan. 30 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center.
Woodruff was named co-anchor of ABC News' "World News Tonight" last month.
