The NY Times cited Bob Woodruff's contribution to public awareness about traumatic brain injury (TBI), called the signature wound of the Iraq War. All those "Support Our Troops" bumper stickers aside, how many people really knew that a number of our wounded will never be the same because they suffered a TBI? There are so many ugly things about this war that have been suppressed or cleaned up for public consumption, but now here is someone whose story no one can question because its truth has been well documented by the media. Maybe some of those wounded veterans will now have a chance at better medical care because of Woodruff. And maybe TBI sufferers everywhere will see improved funding for research because the public is more aware of this epidemic.

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Labels: Bob Woodruff, Iraq War, TBI, traumatic brain injury