Bob Woodruff

This was such sad news to wake up to yesterday morning - particularly since he just got the World News Tonight gig. I really hope he is okay.

'Bob and Doug were both wearing helmets and body armor. They were standing up in the back hatch of the vehicle taping a standup, a video log of the patrol. That's when the vehicle hit the roadside bomb,' Martha Raddatz reported on World News Tonight. ABC senior producer Kate Felsen was quoted:

'He wanted to get out there and report the story and not be locked in and taking the information from somebody else who was experiencing it.'

Felsen spoke with both men before they were airlifted to Balad.

'I spoke with both of them, Doug was conscious and I was able to reassure them we were getting them care. I spoke to Bob also and walked them to the helicopter.'

While this is sad, when I found out that he was married with four young children, it caused me to pause. Sure, he wanted to get out there and be in the thick of things. But more journalists have been killed in Iraq in three short years than were killed in the 20 year Vietnam conflict. Is it morally okay for a spouse to put themselves in harm's way when there is a growing family at home? I'm just bothered by the sacrifice the family is expected to take so that one parent can chase war stories.