While on assignment in
Iraq for
ABC News with anchor
Bob Woodruff, Vogt and Woodruff were both severely injured by a
roadside bomb. and suffered other body injuries. He and Woodruff were wearing
body armor and protective helmets at the time of the explosion. Woodruff and Vogt received battlefield surgical treatment at the U.S. Air Force hospital south of Balad, Iraq and were evacuated to the
United States Army Medical Command hospital at
Landstuhl, Germany on Sunday, January 29. After arriving in the USA they were treated at the Intensive Care Unit at the NNMC in Bethesda, Maryland. Vogt has won six
Emmy Awards and two DuPont Columbia Awards for his work. He was also awarded the USO Heart Of A Patriot award in 2007. Vogt has extensive experience with conflict journalism in
Afghanistan, Iraq,
Croatia, Palestine, Liberia, the Congo,
Bosnia and
Somalia. Vogt has worked extensively with Peter Jennings, Diane Sawyer, Barbara Walters and Ted Koppel. ==Personal life==