Award-winning journalist Bob Woodruff inspires Fresno students with his powerful life story

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Award-winning writer Bob Woodruff was successful Fresno connected Wednesday morning, spending one-on-one clip with section students and sharing his ain inspirational story.

Nearly each spot wrong the Saroyan Theatre successful downtown Fresno was taken by assemblage members and students, acceptable to soak successful each connection from renowned ABC News analogous and wounded veterans advocator Bob Woodruff.

Before taking the stage, Woodruff met and talked with 10 fortunate scholars from assorted schools, including Central High and Exeter High.

Conversations with younger generations, Woodruff says, are important.

"I similar to archer them, you deliberation you cognize what you are going to do, and determination are a batch of cases erstwhile you will, but it's precise mean not to cognize wherever you are yet going to extremity up," said Bob Woodruff.

Keyaan Rahman from University High School was prepared with questions and walked distant inspired to travel his dreams with an unfastened mind.

"He besides talked astir however covering the different stories of warfare was breathtaking and sad, truthful it was bully to perceive that determination was bully and bad," said pupil Keyaan Rahman.

He described his journey, from being a young lawyer to reporting successful warfare zones and anchoring World News Tonight.

A infinitesimal successful his beingness that changed everything was his near-death acquisition covering the Iraq war, landing successful the infirmary aft a weaponry onslaught successful January of 2006.

"I was deed badly. I was knocked retired for the adjacent 36 days successful a coma, and erstwhile I woke up, successful immoderate ways, it was a caller Bob."

Decades later, helium reflects connected the ongoing planetary conflicts and the value of journalism.

"It takes a batch of reporting to amusement radical what is happening. People suffer their involvement successful a warfare arsenic it drags on, but it's important for radical to cognize what is happening determination and to person immoderate benignant of power to extremity it."

His beingness communicative of curiosity, resilience, and passionateness -- leaving the section assemblage with a heartfelt perspective.

"You gotta beryllium capable to archer stories astir things that are not truthful large and marque definite that radical recognize that everybody has ups and downs. So, if we tin get that connection out, that is ever good."

He besides started the Bob Woodruff Foundation to assistance rise funds and advocator for veterans.

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