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I don’t know what to say. This just stunned me. I know a lot of people are dying over there, but still. He was only 39 (close to my age) and apparently his death wasn’t combat related (pulmonary embolism). One of the most enduring images of the war coverage so far for me was of him riding a tank rescue vehicle, rolling down the highway in Iraq on the first day of the war.
Appaarently he had a wife and kids.
May he rest in peace.
My sincere condolences to his family.
I just saw Tim Russert (honorary alum of the university I work for, all-around great guy) eulogize David Bloom. Bloom was, professionally and personally, a nice guy in a hard-bitten field. May I wish condolences for his wife and three daughters.
The odd thing was, just last night my husband was telling me that he’d seen David Bloom give a report and he couldn’t believe how bad he looked – exhausted, dusty, like he’d been through the wringer.
This morning when I woke up he said “Wow, you’ll never guess…” and gave me the news. Very sad.
As an avid Today Show viewer, this is sad news, indeed. My deepest sympathies go out to his family.
I too was shocked when I heard this morning. I watched his reporting in Iraq every day and thought he was doing an incredible job under the circumstances. He had a certain charisma about him that made you feel at ease.
God rest his soul. He will be missed.
Damn. What a shame, for anyone to pass so young, and with a young family. My condolences to them, of course.
The look on his weekend co-anchor’s face (I’m not sure how to spell her name - is it Soledad O’Brien?) this morning about got me going - she looked like she had been and was about to cry.
It’s hard to think of anyone’s kids losing their father when they are so young - and his youngest is about three or so, I think.
I just read this on cnn.com. What horrible news.
May he rest in peace and may his family be comforted in this sad time.
Just this morning, I was reading Time and they had a little blurb about him, saying he’d reported on the Simpson trials and his “hair musse[d] extremely well.” I told it to my Mom, and we forgot about it…
Till we heard about it. Very sad.
RIP
Yes, I think his Iraq reporting was making him really stand out for the first time in his career. He seemed to come into his own there.
Lsura, it must be especially hard on Soledad O’Brian. She sat next to him on weekends on the Today show the last couple of years.
For some reason the Today show wasn’t on the Boston NBC affiliate this morning, or it ended early, or something.
I was shocked. I don’t have much faith in or alot of respect for television news reporters, but I always liked him. Such a shame, and to die so far away from home. That always gets to me, for some reason.
I am shocked and saddened. He was one of the few news reporters that really seemed excited about what he had to say. I looked forward to hearing his reports. I really think he liked his job, and I know he was good at it.
I’m going to miss him.
RIP
My NBC local news channel said he had been complaining of leg cramps the last few days and the blood clot that killed him started in his leg and traveled to his lung. They said he was in no pain and that it happened quickly. They also reported that even if he was anywhere else in the world it could have happened the same way unless he had gotten to a doctor and had begun taking blood thinners.
My prayers go out to his family and friends.
That is so sad, I hope their family the best.
First, as an avid * Today * viewer, including the weekend version, I’ll miss David Bloom immensely; he and Soledad made a good team. Poor Soledad had to report on his death this morning, and she had definitely been crying.
I had been following his reports from Iraq, and was impressed with the courage he had to take the assignment, riding with the troops.
When I heard that his death was from a pulmonary embolism, it threw me for a loop. I had DVT (deep venous thrombosis) several years ago and took coumadin for 6 months (now I take an baby aspirin a day, to keep the blood thin). Reports have said that he complained of leg pain and cramping, symptoms of DVT–the blood clot broke loose and traveled to his lungs. It can definitely happen to anyone who has had blood clots.
My thoughts and prayers go out to his family, especially his wife and three daughters.
I’ve been getting nearly all of my news from MSNBC. When I woke up this morning and turned on the TV, I caught it right in the middle of some stuff about David Bloom. As I watched, I began to realize…“oh no…this isn’t a puff piece about who’s doing what…this is a memorial. Oh damn. Not him.”
My heart goes out to his loved ones. May Deity bless and keep them.
Very, very sad.
Very sad news, I found out when I got home from work Sunday morning. He really was doing so much better a job of reporting from the field than most of the others out there. Plus the thing where he would put soldiers in the field in touch with relatives back home was a really classy thing to do for guys who are a long way from home.
My sympathies and thoughts go out to his family and coworkers.
What a shame he died so young during what seemed like a major personal and career triumph for him, if such things can happen during wars. He showed the kind of dedication and class that phonies like Geraldo and Oliver North couldn’t touch on their best days.