ANCHOR BACK IN SPRING
ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff, severely injured in Iraq last January, is planning an on-air return this spring.
Woodruff will start with a prime-time report on what happened to him last January and his road to recovery.
The report, which will also focus on the efforts of military medical teams in dealing with soldiers’ injuries, is scheduled to air this spring.
“This [report] would be the beginning of a more regular [on-air] work schedule,” an ABC News spokeswoman said yesterday.
Woodruff is in the ABC News offices nearly every day, working on his upcoming report, she said.
Woodruff, 45, was in his first month as co-anchor of ABC’s “World News Tonight” when he and cameraman Doug Vogt were severely injured by a roadside bomb in Iraq.
Woodruff sustained a traumatic brain injury and was unconscious for 36 days. He’s been undergoing physical therapy since being released from the hospital last spring.
Vogt has since recovered from his injuries.
Charlie Gibson eventually replaced Woodruff and Elizabeth Vargas as the sole anchor of the re-named “World News.”

