{"id":92731,"date":"2022-04-08T11:00:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T05:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/fox-news-correspondent-lost-limbs-sight-in-one-eye-in-ukraine-attack\/"},"modified":"2022-04-08T11:00:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T05:30:56","slug":"fox-news-correspondent-lost-limbs-sight-in-one-eye-in-ukraine-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/fox-news-correspondent-lost-limbs-sight-in-one-eye-in-ukraine-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox News Correspondent Lost Limbs, Sight in One Eye in Ukraine Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Fox-News-Correspondent-Lost-Limbs-Sight-in-One-Eye-in.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul class=\"summary-list summary-list-variant\">\n<li>Fox News reporter Benjamin Hall said he feels &#8220;pretty damn lucky&#8221; despite getting severely wounded in Ukraine.<\/li>\n<li>He lost limbs, sight in one eye, and his hearing is &#8220;pretty blown,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenjaminHallFNC\/status\/1512237398125686790\" data-analytics-module=\"summary_bullets\" rel=\"noopener\">he tweeted on Thursday<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Hall also paid tribute to his colleagues \u2014 Pierre Zakrzewski and Oleksandra Kuvshynova \u2014 who were killed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"inline-newsletter-signup \n                        headline-regular loading\" id=\"formContainer\" data-component-type=\"inline-newsletter-module\" data-event-label=\"10_things_tech\" data-list=\"10 Things In Tech\" data-acq-source=\"techverticalinline\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"inline-newsletter-content\">\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p>Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall said he feels &#8220;pretty damn lucky&#8221; despite losing limbs and sight in one eye while reporting on the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To sum it up, I&#8217;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\u2026 but all in all I feel pretty damn lucky to be here \u2014 and it is the people who got me here who are amazing!&#8221; he tweeted on Thursday evening alongside a picture of himself wearing an eyepatch and lying on a hospital bed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hall&#8217;s tweet was his first update since he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/fox-news-reporters-injured-outside-of-kyiv-ukraine-2022-3\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"noopener\">seriously injured<\/a> in Ukraine last month.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet blockquote\" data-lang=\"en\" data-cards=\"\" data-conversation=\"\"><p>\u2014Benjamin Hall (@BenjaminHallFNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mims\/statuses\/1512237398125686790\" rel=\"noopener\">April 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The British journalist was wounded\u00a0outside Kyiv on March 14. He had been newsgathering with two colleagues \u2014\u00a0 cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and the Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra Kuvshynova \u2014 when their &#8220;vehicle was struck by incoming fire,&#8221; said an earlier statement from Fox CEO Suzanne Scott.<\/p>\n<p>Zakrzewski and Kuvshynova were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/fox-news-cameraman-pierre-zakrzewski-killed-in-ukraine-2022-3\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" data-analytics-post-depth=\"60\" data-uri=\"f83b807a926590df32aacc544bff1f61\" rel=\"noopener\">killed<\/a> in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Hall, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/fox-news-says-correspondent-benjamin-hall-safe-out-of-ukraine-2022-3\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"noopener\">who was transported out of Ukraine<\/a> soon after the incident, paid tribute to them in a separate tweet on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet blockquote\" data-lang=\"en\" data-cards=\"\" data-conversation=\"\"><p>\u2014Benjamin Hall (@BenjaminHallFNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mims\/statuses\/1512233745063063595\" rel=\"noopener\">April 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hall was Fox News&#8217; State Department correspondent before traveling to Ukraine to cover the Russian invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/fox-news-journalist-pushed-back-host-claims-ukraine-russia-war-2022-3?inline-endstory-related-recommendations=\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"noopener\">pushed back on-air<\/a> against &#8220;The Five&#8221; co-host Greg Gutfeld&#8217;s claims that the media was trying to evoke an emotional response to the war in Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is not the media trying to drum up some emotional response. This is absolutely what&#8217;s happening,&#8221; Hall told Fox News host Jeanine Pirro on March 8.<\/p>\n<p>The cities &#8220;are being absolutely flattened,&#8221; he had said. &#8220;From all corners of this country, people are fleeing for safety.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News reporter Benjamin Hall said he feels &#8220;pretty damn lucky&#8221; despite getting severely wounded in Ukraine. He lost limbs, sight in one eye, and his hearing is &#8220;pretty blown,&#8221; he tweeted on Thursday. Hall also paid tribute to his colleagues \u2014 Pierre Zakrzewski and Oleksandra Kuvshynova \u2014 who were killed. 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