Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall, who was seriously injured after being shot outside Kyiv while reporting on the war in Ukraine, said he felt “damn lucky” to be alive, even though he lost limbs in the conflict.
“To sum up, I lost half a leg on one side and a leg on the other. One hand is being assembled, one eye is no longer working and my hearing is quite blown away … but overall I feel very lucky to be here – and the people who brought me here are amazing! ” Hall tweeted with his photo Thursday night.
Hall wore a bandage over his left eye as he smiled from the hospital bed.
Hall was traveling in a vehicle on March 14 with cameraman and friend Pierre Zakrzewski, 55, and Ukrainian journalist Alexandra Kuvshinova, 24, when Russian troops opened fire on the car.
Fox News confirmed that Zakrzewski and Kuvshinova died from their wounds. Hall was evacuated from the country and transported to a hospital in Texas, where he underwent several surgeries due to his injuries.
Hall paid tribute to his two colleagues in another tweet Thursday with a photo of Zakrzewski, who is said to be a close friend of the journalist.
Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall said he had lost “half a leg on one side and a leg on the other”, as well as injuries to his arm, eyes and hearing during a report in Ukraine. Benjamin Hall / Twitter Hall was evacuated from Ukraine and taken to a hospital in Texas after Russian troops opened fire on his car. Benjamin Hall / Twitter Hall paid tribute to Pierre Zakrzewskiand and Alexandra Kuvshinova, who were in the car with him during the attack, but died.Fox News
“More than three weeks have passed since the attack in Ukraine and I wanted to start sharing everything. But first I have to pay tribute to my colleagues Pierre and Sasha, who failed that day, “he wrote. “Pierre and I traveled the world together, work was his joy and his joy was contagious. REST IN PEACE”
Zakrzewski was a veteran of conflict photographers who worked for Fox in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. He helped Afghans who worked for Fox News during the US military campaign in Afghanistan escape after the Taliban took control, according to FNC chief executive Susanne Scott.
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