Benjamin Hall.Photo: Benjamin Hall/Twitter
Fox News correspondentBenjamin Hallwill publish a memoir on the one-year anniversary of the day that changed his life forever.
Saved: A War Reporter’s Mission to Make It Homeis set to release on March 14, exactly one year after narrowly surviving a tragic attack that left himseriously injuredwhile coveringRussia’s war in Ukraine. Two of his colleagues —Pierre Zakrzewski and Sasha Kuvshynova— were killed in the Russian attack.
In an interview onFox & Friends— the first on live television since the attack — Hall detailed his recovery, saying: “I’ve got one leg, I’ve got no feet. I see through one eye. I’ve got one workable hand. I was burned all over. And I feel stronger and more confident than I ever have.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Hall said he never gave up the will to live, even as he was lying injured in a Ukraine field.
“I remember lying there when it happened, in the middle of nowhere very badly injured, and thinking, I’m going home no matter what,” Hall said. “I will crawl if I have to.”
From the moment Hall and his colleagues were caught in the violent attack outside Kyiv on March 14, 2022, he has received nationwide recognition for his service. A prompt,Herculean effort to get him back to the Statesfor medical attention was carried out with the help of the Pentagon and a team of seasoned extraction experts.
From there, he was taken care of at a U.S. military hospital in San Antonio, Texas, a world away from where his life was permanently altered.
According to a press release, the book will recount “his ground-level view of the war” as well as “his dramatic rescue and his arduous and ongoing recovery.”
“Hall recalls his time at the front lines of our world’s conflicts, exploring how his struggle to step away from war reporting led him back one last perilous time,” the release details. “Featuring nail-biting accounts from the many people across multiple countries who banded together to get him to safety, Hall offers a stunning look at the complex teamwork and heartfelt perseverance that turned his life into a mission.”
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source: people.com
