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 NEW YORK -- CBS News correspondent Lara Logan was recovering in a U.S. hospital Tuesday from a sexual attack and beating she suffered while reporting on the tumultuous events in Cairo.Logan was in the city's Tahrir Square on Friday after Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak stepped down when she, her team and their security "were surrounded by a dangerous element amidst the celebration," CBS said in a statement Tuesday.The network described a mob of more than 200 people "whipped into a frenzy. "Separated from her crew in the crush of the violent pack, she suffered what CBS called "a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating." 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.
– CBS journalist Lara Logan was beaten and sexually assaulted while covering the aftermath of Hosni Mubarak's resignation speech, the network says. She is back in the US and recuperating in a hospital. Logan and her crew were covering the jubilation when they were "surrounded by a dangerous element amidst the celebration," says the network. "In the crush of the mob, she was separated from her crew," reads the CBS statement. "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." Days earlier, Logan had been detained by Egyptian police, notes the Huffington Post. For more, click here.