Editing David Bloom (section)

==Iraq reporting and death==
[[File:Plaque at War correspondents Memorial Gathland State Park.jpg|thumb|Plaque at [[National War Correspondents Memorial]], [[Gathland State Park]]]]
On April 6, 2003, Bloom was traveling with the [[U.S. 3d Infantry Division|U.S. Third Infantry Division]] in [[Iraq]] while covering the [[Iraq War]] in a vehicle pegged after his name, the "Bloom Mobile." It was a [[Ford F250]] 4 wheel drive Flatbed truck retrofitted with live television and satellite transmission equipment so he could continuously broadcast reports as troops made their way toward [[Baghdad]].<ref>[http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/19845/page5/ "You Don't Understand Our Audience"] Technology Review </ref> Reporting live, round-the-clock, as the American armored column fought north across the desert toward Baghdad, Bloom commented offhandedly on the cramped conditions, excessive heat and lack of sleep that came with the mission.<ref name=Kleber>[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/spotlighthealth/2003-04-11-bloom_x.htm Kleber, Mick. "DVT: David Bloom's silent killer", ''USA Today'', April 11, 2003]</ref><ref> [https://web.archive.org/web/20050307021431/http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/04/06/sprj.irq.journalist.death/ CNN] </ref>

He had been on assignment in Iraq for several weeks when a blood clot in his leg ([[deep vein thrombosis]]) traveled to an artery in his lungs, causing a fatal [[pulmonary embolism]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.today.com/news/my-husband-should-be-living-today-wbna7074940|last=Bloom|first=Melanie|title='My husband should be living today'|work=[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today]]|date=2005-03-03|access-date=2019-05-23}}</ref> "The clot in Bloom's leg was likely brought on by spending long days and nights cramped inside armored vehicles. One night he called Melanie from a satellite phone in the middle of the night, exposing himself to hostile fire just to get a few minutes outside of an armored tank because his legs had been cramping up."<ref name=Stump>[http://www.today.com/allday/10-years-later-david-bloom-remembered-1B9239813 10 years later, David Bloom remembered] Scott Stump, ''Today'', April 5, 2013</ref>