Kimberly Dozier

On Oct. 6, Kimberly Dozier spoke in front of a packed audience at SUNY Stony Brook. Dozier, who worked for CBS News, was involved in a car bombing in Baghdad on July 4, 2006. Two of her crew members died from the explosion, but she survived with a list of injuries. Her crew was doing a piece on the U.S. army and how the men were on the 4th of July. She said she heard a loud bang and then everything went black. She had shrapnel lodged in her brain and had to get two titanium rods in her legs. The seconds she woke up in the hospital she wanted to know what happened to her crew.

Dozier tried to write a letter to see where they were and it came out as just scribble. Her rehabilitation process was long and arduous. But she is now fully recovered and is a great speaker. She is thankful to be alive but doesn't let the past affect her future. She has written a book and is trying to go back overseas.

Her story is very touching and is very inspiring for anyone, especially a journalism student.