- Fox News reporter Benjamin Hall said he feels “pretty damn lucky” despite getting severely wounded in Ukraine.
- He lost limbs, sight in one eye, and his hearing is “pretty blown,” he tweeted on Thursday.
- Hall also paid tribute to his colleagues — Pierre Zakrzewski and Oleksandra Kuvshynova — who were killed.
Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall said he feels “pretty damn lucky” despite losing limbs and sight in one eye while reporting on the war in Ukraine.
“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!” he tweeted on Thursday evening alongside a picture of himself wearing an eyepatch and lying on a hospital bed.
Hall’s tweet was his first update since he was seriously injured in Ukraine last month.
—Benjamin Hall (@BenjaminHallFNC) April 8, 2022
The British journalist was wounded outside Kyiv on March 14. He had been newsgathering with two colleagues — cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and the Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra Kuvshynova — when their “vehicle was struck by incoming fire,” said an earlier statement from Fox CEO Suzanne Scott.
Zakrzewski and Kuvshynova were killed in the attack.
Hall, who was transported out of Ukraine soon after the incident, paid tribute to them in a separate tweet on Thursday.
“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,” he said.
—Benjamin Hall (@BenjaminHallFNC) April 8, 2022
Hall was Fox News’ State Department correspondent before traveling to Ukraine to cover the Russian invasion.
Last month, hepushed back on-air against “The Five” co-host Greg Gutfeld’s claims that the media was trying to evoke an emotional response to the war in Ukraine.
“This is not the media trying to drum up some emotional response. This is absolutely what’s happening,” Hall told Fox News host Jeanine Pirro on March 8.
The cities “are being absolutely flattened,” he had said. “From all corners of this country, people are fleeing for safety.”