Woodruff & Vogt Injured In Iraq: Ticker

By Brian 

This ticker will be updated all day.

> AP story / Google wire

> Bill Weir on GMA: “Bob and Doug would be the last people to inject themsleves into the story, but sadly they are the story today.”

> 9:08am: CNN has put Woodruff’s photo in the lower right corner of the screen.

> 9:06am: Julian Phillips on FNC: “We can’t underscore how dangerous it is for journalists there,” he said, before ticking off the statistics…

> 9:05am: CNN’s Michael Holmes in Baghdad: “Our prayers obviously are with Bob and Doug’s families. I’ve been in some of those U.S. military hospitals and they really are outstanding in terms of their facilities…”

> GMA Weekend interrupted one of their stories to break the news about Woodruff around 8:15am, an e-mailer says.

> CNN International reported the news by 8:20am.

> ABCNews.com at 8:25am: Breaking news banner: “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT CO-ANCHOR BOB WOODRUFF AND HIS CAMERAMAN ARE INJURED IN IRAQ BY AN IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE”

> “Woodruff was apparently taping a report about the Iraqi military from inside one of their mechanized military vehicles. It encountered an improvised explosive device.”

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