He survived 40 days as a Gulf War hostage. A New York taxi killed him. 🚕

He survived 40 days as a Gulf War hostage. A New York taxi killed him. 🚕 . . . Bob Simon spent 47 years covering wars — Vietnam, Bosnia, Somalia, Iraq. In 1991, Iraqi forces held the CBS correspondent hostage for 40 days. He got out. On February 11, 2015, at age 73, his Lincoln Town Car swerved on Manhattan's West Side Highway at low speed and hit a Mercedes. He died on the way to the hospital.