ABC newsman Bob Woodruff who was injured in Iraq last year made his first return to the ABC newsroom since the attack, Reuters reports.

“It was the first time many here had seen him, and he was greeted by a spontaneous round of applause. You could literally see the emotion in each hug,” Jon Banner, the ABC news executive producer, wrote in his blog.

Woodruff reportedly told his colleagues that they were on his mind after he woke up from his 36-day coma. Woodruff and his cameraman were injured after a roadside bomb exploded near the military convoy they were traveling in.

Before his injury, Woodruff was named co-anchor of “World News Tonight” with Elizabeth Vargas after the death of Peter Jennings. However, Charles Gibson recently took over the anchor desk because of Vargas’ pregnancy and the uncertainty of when Woodruff will return to work.






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