Via The Corner:

On Friday February 11, the day Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down, 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. It was a mob of more than 200 people whipped into a frenzy.In the crush of the mob, she 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. She 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 in the hospital recovering.

According to USA Today, Logan was traveling with security:

CBS has just announced that on Feb. 11, the day Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down, CBS correspondent Lara Logan, 39, was covering the jubilation in Tahrir Square for a 60 Minutes story when she, her team and their security were surrounded by a “dangerous element,” reports USA TODAY’s Gary Levin. They were part of a “mob of more than 200 people, who were whipped into a frenzy.”

Let’s hope 60 Minutes investigates their own practices and procedures with the same vigor as their other targets. This never should have happened.