Week 4: 2-18-11

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60 Minutes Reporter Lara Logan Sexually Assaulted in Egypt

By Charlotte Triggs

Tuesday February 15, 2011 05:10 PM EST

Lara Logan

AP

On the same day Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak stepped down from power, a female 60 Minutes correspondent was brutally sexually assaulted in Egypt, her network revealed Tuesday.

"CBS correspondent Lara Logan was covering the jubilation in Tahrir Square for a 60 Minutes story when she and her team and their security were surrounded by a dangerous element amidst the celebration," says a statement released by CBS. "It was a mob of more than 200 people whipped into frenzy."

During the event, which happened Feb. 11, Logan "was separated from her crew. She was surrounded and suffered a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating before being saved by a group of women and an estimated 20 Egyptian soldiers," the statement continues.

Logan, who had been detained by Egyptian authorities in Cairo a week earlier, finally "reconnected with the CBS team, returned to her hotel and returned to the United States on the first flight the next morning."

She is currently recovering in the hospital.

I think this is a very good story, in that it is short and to the point.  The writer told us exactly what we would want to know, such as the where she was, how it happened, how she was saved, and most importantly how is she now.  For me personally, I like that they didn't really go into specific detail and just saying that it was brutal, because I think that anymore information would have been inappropriate.  I like the picture that they used because it gives us a glimpse into what the area looked like on that day during all of the chaos.  One thing that I wished had been included, is what happened to the ones that assaulted her.