CBS's McCormick Recovering at Walter Reed
Cami McCormick, the CBS News reporter injured in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan remains in stable condition at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., where she arrived at around 2 a.m. Wednesday.
A more concrete evaluation and prognosis for McCormick is expected to
come over the next few days as swelling subsides and doctors are better
able to assess her condition, CBS News and Sports President Sean McManus
and CBS News Radio Vice President Harvey Nagler said in a statement
Wednesday
McCormick was injured in an Aug. 28 explosion that resulted in multiple fractures to her arms and legs. She has no head injuries.
McCormick was traveling with members of the United States Army when the vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED). An American soldier in the same vehicle - Spc. Abraham S. Wheeler III, 22, of Columbia, S.C. - was killed in the attack.
The two other soldiers in the vehicle sustained minor injuries and were returned to their unit.
Listen: Cami McCormick reports on the increasing danger from roadside bombs
Listen: Cami McCormick reports on the growing number of U.S. casualties in Afghanistan
The U.S. military has detained three people in connection with the bombing. The three suspects were taken to an U.S. detention facility at Bagram Air Base Tuesday after investigators gathered forensic evidence from the scene, including fingerprints from the vehicle wreckage and the discovery of explosive residue on at least one of the suspects, reports CBS News correspondent David Martin.
McCormick will remain at Walter Reed, which McCormick's family, in consultation with doctors, determined to have the best surgeons and facilities for her treatment.
McCormick was initially treated at several U.S. military facilities in Afghanistan. She was then taken to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany for further treatment before being returned to the United States.
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.
Copyright 2009 CBS. All rights reserved. A more concrete evaluation and prognosis for McCormick is expected to
come over the next few days as swelling subsides and doctors are better
able to assess her condition, CBS News and Sports President Sean McManus
and CBS News Radio Vice President Harvey Nagler said in a statement
Wednesday
McCormick was injured in an Aug. 28 explosion that resulted in multiple fractures to her arms and legs. She has no head injuries.
McCormick was traveling with members of the United States Army when the vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED). An American soldier in the same vehicle - Spc. Abraham S. Wheeler III, 22, of Columbia, S.C. - was killed in the attack.
The two other soldiers in the vehicle sustained minor injuries and were returned to their unit.
Listen: Cami McCormick reports on the increasing danger from roadside bombsListen: Cami McCormick reports on the growing number of U.S. casualties in AfghanistanThe U.S. military has detained three people in connection with the bombing. The three suspects were taken to an U.S. detention facility at Bagram Air Base Tuesday after investigators gathered forensic evidence from the scene, including fingerprints from the vehicle wreckage and the discovery of explosive residue on at least one of the suspects, reports CBS News correspondent David Martin.
McCormick will remain at Walter Reed, which McCormick's family, in consultation with doctors, determined to have the best surgeons and facilities for her treatment.
McCormick was initially treated at several U.S. military facilities in Afghanistan. She was then taken to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany for further treatment before being returned to the United States.
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.
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I worked with you in Afghanistan in 2008 and was shocked when I heard you were wounded. I hope you have a full and speedy recovery. I don't think people realise how random and dangerous the reality is for reporters in Afghanistan even if you are working with the military. You are to be saluted for your willingness to get out there and find out the truth of what is happening despite the risks. I know every time I get in a Humvee I dread what can happen. Get well soon.
Best Regards
John Martinkus
LOL
Yep, a government run hospital for free healthcare.
Kind of funny actually in an ironic way.
Well maybe CBS doesn't provide that wonderful private health care for its employees?
"Hey soldier, step aside and wait, we have to treat this civilian reporter!"
They should give her a purple heart and a military pension too.
I say let's go all the way with this thing.
Dam war. What the hell is the matter with people?
I quit listening to them when an American soldier shot Pat Tillman in the head and the Army tried to pull the lard from the fire by awarding Tillman the Silver Star.
You two are real jerks. If there is one good argument for abortions, look under A in your dictionary. We might see your pictures. Your careless and insensitive remarks are abhorrent to any person with a drop of civility in their system. Shame on both of you.
Cami, get well because MOST AMERICANS appreciate what you do to lay your life on the line to bring us the stories. You also are the one voice that our boys and girls many times turn to, and we appreciate that also. You bring news to them and you allow them to know we care for each and everyone. Thank you for your sacrifice, and I wish you did not have to learn first hand what war is all about. Maybe one day there will be no more war.
To the Wheeler family, we are sorry for your loss and WE AMERICANS wish you peace and understanding during this difficult time.
Peace be to all, even dumb and dumber who this is addressed.
What did she do to earn treatment at an Army hospital when veterans can't get treatment?
I wonder how many US troops got bumped for that woman.
Oh well, now CBS will ban me for making that comment since they don't allow any negative comments about them or their employees.
If you never hear from me again you will know why.
Both of you are pathetic.
Here's to ya Cami.