‘I Feel Pretty Damn Lucky’: Fox News’ Benjamin Hall Posts For First Time Since Being Wounded, Reveals Extent of Injuries
Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall posted on social media Thursday evening for the fist time since he was wounded in Ukraine.
Hall was fired on by Russian troops outside Kyiv in an attack that killed Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and Ukrainian producer Oleksandra Kuvshynova on March 14.
Hall explained on Twitter he will eventually tell his story, but he first wanted to honor the fallen reporters. He remembered Zakrzewski, who he said he traveled the world with.
Its been over three weeks since the attack in Ukraine and I wanted to start sharing it all. But first I need to pay tribute to my colleagues Pierre and Sasha who didnt make it that day. Pierre and I traveled the world together, working was his joy and his joy was infectious. RIP pic.twitter.com/gbHduLmd5e
— Benjamin Hall (@BenjaminHallFNC) April 8, 2022
The reporter also disclosed the extent of his wounds. He lost part of a leg, a foot and was blinded in one eye.
To sum it up, I’ve lost half a leg on one side and a foot on the other. One hand is being put together, one eye is no longer working, and my hearing is pretty blown… but all in all I feel pretty damn lucky to be here – and it is the people who got me here who are amazing! pic.twitter.com/HNjO6PbdGf
— Benjamin Hall (@BenjaminHallFNC) April 8, 2022
Fox News national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin explained to People how Hall was evacuated from Ukraine after he was wounded. The outlet reported that Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby assisted, but had to wait until Hall was out of Ukraine.
People reported,
While Kirby explained to her that the U.S. couldn’t assist in any sort of military effort inside of Ukraine (due to a presidential order that bans troops from crossing into the country), Griffin had another idea.
She proposed to Kirby that “if I can get Benjamin to the border, can you have a team from Landstuhl help him?” (Landstuhl refers to a major military hospital in a town of the same name in Germany.)
Hall eventually made his way to Germany.
