CBS Reporter Injured in Afghanistan-Cami McCormick Stable after IED Explosion Hits Army Vehicle

RamboLiberal

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Fri Aug-28-09 02:50 PM
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CBS Reporter Injured in Afghanistan-Cami McCormick Stable after IED Explosion Hits Army Vehicle

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CBS News Correspondent Cami McCormick was injured today in Logar Province, Afghanistan, while on assignment for CBS Radio News.

McCormick was traveling with members of the United States Army when the vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED).

McCormick was initially treated at a field hospital, where she underwent surgery to stabilize her condition, and was then transported to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan for additional treatment.

McCormick joined CBS News in September, 1998. She has won numerous awards for her reporting on some of the biggest stories since that time. She was at Ground Zero on September 11, 2001, in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina wiped out its levees, and in the Gulf region for the start of the war in Iraq.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/28/world/main5271822.shtml

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Sat Aug-29-09 01:41 AM
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1. CBS Reporter Injured in Afghanistan (Stable after IED Explosion)

Source: CBS News

Correspondent Cami McCormick Stable after IED Explosion Hits Army Vehicle

(CBS) CBS News Correspondent Cami McCormick was injured today in Logar Province, Afghanistan, while on assignment for CBS Radio News.

McCormick was traveling with members of the United States Army when the vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED).

McCormick was initially treated at a field hospital, where she underwent surgery to stabilize her condition, and was then transported to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan for additional treatment.

McCormick joined CBS News in September, 1998. She has won numerous awards for her reporting on some of the biggest stories since that time. She was at Ground Zero on September 11, 2001, in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina wiped out its levees, and in the Gulf region for the start of the war in Iraq.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/28/world/main5271822.shtml?tag=stack

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Liberal_in_LA

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Sat Aug-29-09 01:41 AM
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2. OMG. I've heard her broadcasts.

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buckrogers1965

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Sat Aug-29-09 02:56 PM
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3. Horrible that she was injured

But was she alone in the vehicle? How about the troops in there with her, how are they doing?

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Psephos

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Sat Aug-29-09 09:57 PM
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4. The article says that one of the soldiers in the vehicle with her was killed. n/t

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