Bob Woodruff: Back at work, and giving back to injured veterans
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Bob Wooduff, the ABC news anchor severely hurt in an IED explosion while embedded with
the 4th Infantry in Iraq two years ago, has made a miraculous recovery from his traumatic brain injury. He’s working as a reporter again, and he and his wife Lee are busy promoting their book and raising money and awareness to help the thousands of troops coming home with similar injuries.
They spoke about their experiences and the Bob Woodruff Family Fund yesterday at Rye High School, where two of their four children are students. Mainly, they emphasized how lucky they were compared to the thousands of wounded veterans who do not have anywhere near their level of financial resources or assistance from family and friends.
Woodruff’s work
in bringing “the reality of the conflict into our homes” earned him the 2007 Otto Dohrenwend Americanism Award from Westchester’s American Legion – presented to him yesterday by Post 90 member Howard Heyel, of Mamaroneck.
My story could easily have covered another four pages of newsprint, but you can read the Woodruffs’ book and their foundation’s Web site for more information. You can also visit the LoHud.com photo galleries to see more images, and click on the audio links below to hear most of yesterday’s RHS assembly.
Bob Woodruff recalls the day of the IED blast that shattered his life:
Lee Woodruff talks about rushing to her comatose husband’s side, and meeting similarly wounded veterans:
Bob and Lee Woodruff discuss his recovery and their foundation’s goals:
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