“Thunderous Applause” For Dozier At CBS

“Kimberly, welcome back to your home,” Sean McManus said as Kimberly Dozier returned to CBS News in New York today.

“Dozier has not set a firm timetable to return to the network. She said she has been doing ‘therapeutic writing’ about the events before and after the car bomb blast,” CBSNews.com says.

More: “Dozier told her colleagues she is preparing for what she hopes is a ‘final round’ of surgery next week to repair a destroyed right ear drum and a correction in her legs.”

> Also: Katie Couric blogs: “Eight months to the day after being seriously injured in Iraq, she walked into the CBS newsroom to thunderous applause. There was emotion, too — tears and hugs and smiles all around. Kimberly looks terrific: strong and steady and full of the spirit that has sustained her through all the hospitalizations and surgeries she has had to undergo. She looked deeply moved by the reception…”

> Update: 2:03pm: “The CBS Evening News plans a feature on Dozier to close tonight’s broadcast,” an insider says…

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