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Bob Woodruff is on a book tour -- something that would have been unthinkable a year ago.

In January 2006, Woodruff was at the pinnacle of his career -- recently named the new co-anchor of ABC World News. 

Then, just 56 days in to that job, Woodruff was in Iraq covering the war when a roadside bomb went off close by. Shrapnel and rocks shattered his skull, injured his brain and put him in a coma for five weeks.

Bob Woodruff has had a remarkable recovery, but it's been slow. He's had to re-learn much of his vocabulary, and he still sometimes struggles for simple words that would have come to him easily before the blast. 

He and his wife, Lee, a freelance writer, have now written a book about the recovery process,  titled "In An Instant," and they spoke about it this week at the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco.

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In January 2006, Bob Woodruff was at the pinnacle of his career -- recently named the new co-anchor of ABC World News. Then, while on assignment in Iraq, he was seriously injured by a roadside bomb. He and his wife have written a book about his injury and long recovery, "In an Instant."


Bob Woodruff's life changed "In an Instant"

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