Bob Woodruff is an American television journalist who joined ABC News in 1996, covering major stories across the country and around the world. He served as co-anchor of 'ABC World News Tonight' with Elizabeth Vargas in 2006, succeeding Peter Jennings.
In January 2006, while reporting on U.S. and Iraqi security forces near Taji, Iraq, Woodruff was seriously injured by a roadside bomb.