Information AboutBob Woodruff |
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Robert Warren "Bob" Woodruff (born August 18 , 1961 ) is an American Television Journalist . Although his journalism career dates back to 1989, he is most widely known for briefly replacing Peter Jennings as co-anchor of ABC News ' weekday news Broadcast , World News Tonight in January 2006 — and, later that month, becoming the first American News Anchor to be wounded in a War Zone when he was nearly killed by a Roadside Bomb in Iraq. As a journalist Woodruff has covered a number of recent events and topics, including:
PERSONAL LIFE Woodruff's parents are Robert and Fran Woodruff. Bob and his wife Lee have four children. He is not related to fellow television journalist Judy Woodruff . He grew up in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan where he graduated from the private Cranbrook Kingswood school in 1979 . He earned a B.A. from Colgate University in 1983 and a J.D. from the University Of Michigan Law School in 1987. He is an alumnus of Theta Chi Fraternity . After graduating from law school, he worked as a , while teaching law in Beijing , CBS News hired Woodruff as an on-screen interpreter during the Tiananmen Square Incident . Shortly after this experience, he left the practice of law and became a full-time correspondent, initially working for several local stations, then moving to ABC News in 1996 . {Link without Title} WOUNDED IN IRAQ On January 29 , 2006 , Woodruff and Canadian cameraman Doug Vogt were seriously injured in an explosion from an Improvised Explosive Device near Taji, Iraq , about 12 miles north of Baghdad.1 Woodruff had traveled with an ABC News team to Israel to report on the aftermath of the 2006 Palestinian Elections , and then via Amman to Baghdad, so he could meet with Troops before President George W. Bush 's State Of The Union Address For 2006 .2 | |||||||||||||||
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