Opening session features Woodruff

The Optometry’s Meeting® Opening General Session sponsored by Essilor featured Bob Woodruff, the former co-anchor of ABC’s “World News Tonight.” The Optometry's Meeting® Opening General Session sponsored by Essilor featured Bob Woodruff, the former co-anchor of ABC's "World News Tonight."

Woodruff himself was in the media spotlight when he was seriously injured by a roadside bomb while reporting on U.S. and Iraqi security forces in Taji, Iraq, in 2006.

Woodruff told attendees that when he woke up in Bethesda, Md., he could not read.

This was one fix that was not very complicated. The doctor asked how old he was, and Woodruff replied that he was 45. His doctor told him to "try these" and handed him reading glasses.

Woodruff detailed his life leading up to that fateful day and explained about his traumatic brain injury (TBI).

He said he often gets words mixed up and related once such occurrence between "Verizon" and "Viagra."

Woodruff continues outpatient rehabilitation in the New York area and has since returned to work at ABC News covering major stories throughout the country and around the world.