Robert Warren Woodruff was born on August 18,1961 and is an American television journalist.
21 Facts About Bob Woodruff
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Bob Woodruff co-anchored ABC World News Tonight in 2006 alongside ABC News journalist Elizabeth Vargas.
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Bob Woodruff was born on August 18,1961, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, the son of Frances Ann and Robert Norman Bob Woodruff Jr.
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Bob Woodruff graduated from the private Cranbrook Kingswood school in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in 1979.
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Bob Woodruff earned a JD from the University of Michigan Law School in 1987, and he is an alumnus of Theta Chi Fraternity.
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In 1989, while Bob Woodruff was teaching law in Beijing, China, CBS News hired him as an on-screen interpreter during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
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Bob Woodruff succeeded Peter Jennings as a co-anchor of ABC World News Tonight in December 2005, along with Elizabeth Vargas.
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In January 2006, Bob Woodruff was critically wounded by a roadside bomb in Iraq.
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Bob Woodruff sustained shrapnel wounds; Vogt was struck by shrapnel in the head, and suffered a broken shoulder.
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Tom Brokaw reported on the Today show that Bob Woodruff had a portion of his skull removed during surgery to reduce the damage from brain swelling.
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Bob Woodruff was kept in a medically induced coma for 36 days to assist his recovery, and ABC News temporarily assigned Good Morning America anchors Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer to alternate duties on the evening newscast as co-anchors with Vargas.
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Bob Woodruff was transferred on March 16,2006, to a medical facility closer to his Westchester County, New York, home, a sign of "continued progress in all respects", ABC News President, David Westin, said in an e-mail to staffers.
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Westin's email noted that Bob Woodruff was able to get around, talk to and joke with his family, but that "months of further recuperation" were still required.
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Bob Woodruff especially thanked the soldiers, doctors, and nurses who had saved his life.
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Lee said that Bob Woodruff was doing well and was currently filming a television documentary about his experiences.
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Bob Woodruff revealed that he had been back to Iraq since the incident to visit the soldiers with whom he was traveling at the time of his injury.
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On February 27,2007, Bob Woodruff appeared on Good Morning America, ABC World News with Charles Gibson, and The Oprah Winfrey Show, in advance of a documentary that aired on ABC later that evening.
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On Focus Earth, Bob Woodruff covered the environmental news of the week, looking at subjects ranging from climate impact, environmental policy, political debate, and world events, as well as how climate change affects religious and cultural views and issues.
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In 2014, Bob Woodruff worked with ESPN and ABC Sports as a reporter and host for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, normally alongside ESPN Brazil senior writer Rubens Pozzi.
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In 2014, Bob Woodruff was awarded the third highest honor within the Department of the Army Civilian Awards, the Outstanding Civilian Service Award, for substantial contributions to the US Army community through his work with the Bob Woodruff Foundation.
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Bob Woodruff married Lee McConaughy in 1988, and they have four children, Macklin Robert, Cathryn, and twins Claire and Nora.