Benjamin Hall, a foreign correspondent for Fox News, who received several injuries while reporting from Ukraine as Russia invaded the country, recently gave an update concerning injuries he received, which includes the loss of half a leg, one foot, and the use of one of his eyes.
According to a report from The Washington Examiner, stated that Hall’s health update came in a now-deleted tweet that included an image of him sporting an eye patch.
Man, that sounds absolutely horrific, doesn’t it? Yikes.
“To sum it up, I’ve lost half a leg on one side and a foot on the other,” Hall went on to say in the tweet, according to the Examiner’s report. “One hand is being put together, one eye is no longer working, and my hearing is blown.”
Check out more details on Hall’s condition from The Daily Wire:
Hall added that he felt “pretty damn lucky to be here,” calling those who helped him “amazing.” He also took the time to honor his colleagues who were killed on March 13 when their vehicle was hit while they were covering the war in Ukraine. Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and journalist Oleksandra “Sasha” Kuvshynova, who was working with Fox News as a consultant, died in the attack.
“Pierre and I traveled the world together, working was his joy and his joy was infectious,” Hall stated in another post on Twitter. “RIP.” Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott put out a statement after Zkrzewski’s death, which said, in part:
It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we share the news this morning regarding our beloved cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski. Pierre was killed in Horenka, outside Kyiv, Ukraine. Pierre was with Benjamin Hall yesterday newsgathering when their vehicle was struck by incoming fire.
Pierre was a war zone photographer who covered nearly every international story for FOX News from Iraq to Afghanistan to Syria during his long tenure with his. His passion and talent as a journalist were unmatched. Based in London, Pierre had been working in Ukraine since February. His talents were vast and there wasn’t a role he didn’t jump in to help with in the field — from photographer to engineer to editor to producer — and he did it all under immense pressure with tremendous skill. He was profoundly committed to the story and his bravery, professionalism and work ethic were renowned among journalists at every media outlet. He was wildly popular — everyone in the media industry who has covered a foreign story knew and respected Pierre.
A report on Thursday from the Daily Wire discussed how Hall was extracted from Ukraine, which Fox News National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin said was like “the stuff of movies.” When Griffin found out about Hall’s injury and the deaths of Zakrzewski and Kuvshynova, she immediately started working to bring Hall back home.
“Griffin told People that her first move was to call Jay Wallace hoping to find out more information. Wallace knew that Hall had been hurt, (continued)
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