ABC News Anchorship Jinxed?

[Darryl G. Thomas]

I just heard on the NBA broadcast that Bob Woodruff got blasted by a car bomb in Iraq.

[Enforcer]

Oh, wow. Woodruff is a local guy, a big deal around here getting that job. I guess he suffered injuries but is stable. That's terrible. I hope he's ok.

[patricia]

Originally Posted by Larry Nagel

Oh, wow. Woodruff is a local guy, a big deal around here getting that job. I guess he suffered injuries but is stable. That's terrible. I hope he's ok.

As did his cameraman, Doug Vogt, who went to ABC from CBC Newsworld, here in Canada.

[rollhead]

I heard on ABC or NBC last night that he was talking while he walked to the ambulance.

But the reports today seem grimmer:
The ABC "World News Tonight" co-anchor and cameraman Doug Vogt were seriously injured when a roadside bomb exploded Sunday while they standing in the open hatch of an Iraqi military vehicle. They underwent surgery in Iraq, then were flown to a U.S. military base in Germany for further treatment. (Tom) Brokaw says doctors told the family they had to operate to remove part of Woodruff's "skull cap to relieve some of the swelling."

"The doctors had told them once they arrived that the brain swelling had gone down. In Bob's case, that had been a big concern. Yesterday they had to operate and remove part of the skull cap to relieve some of the swelling," Brokaw said on NBC'S "Today" show.

"They're both very seriously injured, but stable," said Col. Bryan Gamble, commander of the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in western Germany. He said both men were heavily sedated and under the care of the hospital's trauma team.