How Bob Woodruff's Terrible Day 10 Years Ago Led To Something Unexpected

A roadside bomb attack 10 years ago nearly killed ABC anchor Bob Woodruff. Instead, it was the genesis for the Bob Woodruff Foundation.

On Jan. 29, 2006 a roadside bomb in Taji, Iraq, nearly killed ABC news correspondent Bob Woodruff — but it didn’t. Ten years later, Woodruff celebrated the anniversary of the day he nearly died, or as he puts it, his “tenth alive day.”

Woodruff suffered a traumatic brain injury from the explosion and received treatment in hospitals from Iraq to Germany and all the way back in the United States. After falling into in a medically induced coma for 36 days and a long and challenging recovery, he beat the odds.

During his recovery alongside wounded troops at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, Woodruff was able to put a spotlight on injuries and wounds that, until then, had been largely under reported.