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Obviously, we've all been consumed with thoughts of and prayers for our ABC News colleagues all day. I won't be satisfied until both men are home safely with their families. Until then, we all are left with the same fragmentary scraps of information, and we all feel completely helpless. The Fourth Infantry Division is a superbly-trained combat unit, and while Bob and Doug were traveling apparently with a mixed U.S.-Iraqi group, I'm quite sure they were well cared-for. The Air Force hospital facilities in Balad are equally good at treating trauma.
There will be much to say over the next few days -- in part about the role of journalists in a war zone. Most of it should wait until we get some hard information. Bob and Doug were doing what we all do for a living, what Jill Carroll was doing, what Jim Miklaszewski is doing (he is currently embedded with U.S. Forces), what Richard Engel does on a daily basis: covering a very dangerous war against insurgents. It gives us a taste of the challenges and dangers faced so ably by U.S. fighting forces. Too many military families know what it's like in the Woodruff household right now -- the praying and the waiting. We're all doing the same thing.
Click continued for statements NBC News issued to the media today.
Statement by Brian Williams
Journalism in a war zone carries great risks, and covering the war in Iraq, and the dangers faced by U.S. and Iraqi forces, brings with it its own unique hazards. There is no way to cover the story in Iraq without exposure to danger.
These jobs are often toughest on our families. My family has been in touch with Bob Woodruff's family, and we will be thinking about Bob's wife and children and Doug's wife and children, as we pray for their recovery.
Statement by NBC News President Steve Capus
First and foremost our thoughts today are with the Woodruff and Vogt families and with our colleagues at ABC News. We anxiously await what we hope will be positive news about Bob and Doug. Journalists working in Iraq face tremendous danger, every single day. And yet, many fine journalists are on the ground as we speak, dedicated to shedding light on the important stories from that region. We're also reminded of the tremendous sacrifices made by the men and women of the US armed forces. Today, they are all in our thoughts and prayers.
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I wish a speedy recovery to both Mr Woodruff and Mr Vogt..My thought and prayers are with both families as they pass thru this trying time.
tina goracy (Sent Jan 31, 2006 1:25:02 PM)
MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH BOB WOODRUFF AND HIS CAMERAMAN
I SINCERELY HOPE THEY RECOVER FROM THEIR WOUNDS VERY
SOON, MY PRAYERS ARE WITH THEIR FAMILIES ALSO. BRIAN ONE FINAL WORD. TELL JIM TO PLEASE BE CAREFULL OUT
THERE ALSO. BRIAN AS ALWAYS I WIL BE WATCHING YOUR
NIGHTLY NEWS REPORT, AND AS ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND GIVE MY BEST WISHES TO ALL THE STAFF.
STEVE HILTON ST. INIGOES MARYLAND (Sent Jan 30, 2006 1:11:06 PM)
I'm wondering if those journalists such as yourself who have been in Iraq have actually decided to not go to specific locations because of the potential danger that exists there. Has that ever happened? Or do you go but with preparations? And does the military allow you to go wherever you want if you accompany them but not without them?
Lewis Medlock (Sent Jan 30, 2006 10:33:52 AM)
I have huge adoration towards the journalist’s community, especially those covering war zones and more so, because they go there on a voluntary basis, despite being well aware of the dangers they might have to encounter. Like millions of other viewers around the world, my prayers are with Jill, Bob, Doug and their respective families. My sincere wishes for their safe return and most of all for a speedy recovery so that they could continue to do what they would love the most and that is to return to reporting and to go about their daily lives. God bless them all.
Swetha (Sent Jan 30, 2006 1:41:38 AM)
I wish Mr. Woodruff and his camera man a speedy recovery. I have a daughter in the military and yes I pray every second. I just wish we had a leader who was smart enough to lead. So many journalist are in danger because we have invaded another country and we are dictating to them how they should run their country. May God forgive us for our mistakes and protect all americans that are overseas.
Jackie Rawlings Riverside California (Sent Jan 30, 2006 12:41:01 AM)
I am very sorry that these men were hurt doing there duties as jurnalist. I hope that someday soon they might be able to be back at work doing the job they obviosly love to do, and that is giving the american people the facts about what is going on over in Iraq, both the good and the bad facts. I really hope this will not further tarnish how well the American and British soldiers are doing over there and take there reputation further in the hole than it already seems to be. I would like this to be a sign that we as Americans need to continue to support the soldiers now more than ever while they continue to selflisly perform there duties so far away from were they would rather be. My famly prays that not only the soldiers and journalist will survive to see better times in Iraq, but that the people of Iraq will survive to see better times for them there as well. Me and my family are confident that that day will come. To many people have paid the ultimate price for that day not to come.
Jim Hennesey, Oklahoma City, OK (Sent Jan 29, 2006 10:15:52 PM)
Our thoughts and prayers are with these brave men and women who are trying their best to keep all of America informed. It makes me think of that wonderful young man (can't remember his name though) that passed away from I believe a blod clot while embedded with the military. I still see the picture of him and his wife and children. I remember him giving a "thumbs up" while riding in the humvee.
God watch over all of our men and women as well as their families.
Cheryl (Sent Jan 29, 2006 8:05:21 PM)
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