“To sum it up, I have lost half a leg on one side and one leg on the other,” said Hall, a State Department correspondent who was on the ground in Ukraine to cover the Russian invasion. “One hand is assembled, one eye is no longer working and my hearing is quite irritated; but overall I feel very lucky to be here.” He shared a photo of himself, tied tightly and wearing a patch on his left eye. He also paid tribute to veteran Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and a Ukrainian network director, Oleksandra Kuvshynova, who were both killed. It has not yet been determined who was responsible for the bombing, but the Ukrainian Defense Ministry attributed the deaths to Russian forces at the time. “It has been more than three weeks since the attack in Ukraine and I wanted to start sharing it all,” Hall wrote on Thursday night. “But first I have to pay tribute to my colleagues Pierre and Sasha who did not make it that day. Pierre and I traveled the world together, work was his joy and his joy contagious. RIP.” Hours later, both tweets were deleted, but before that they had been shared on Twitter thousands of times, causing an explosion of tribute and sympathy. “You’ve been through hell and you look great, @BenjaminHallFNC,” wrote Jonathan Carl, ABC News’ chief correspondent in Washington. “I look forward to seeing you on the air again.” Clarissa Ward, CNN’s chief international correspondent, shared Hall’s briefing and simply wrote, “Courage.” Kuvshynova, 24, had worked as a network consultant in Ukraine, while Zakrzewski, 55, had helped Fox News cover conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria during his long career. Several New York-based Fox News executives recently attended the funeral and awakening of Zakrzewski, an Irish national, in Dublin. Fox News had not previously released details of the severity of Hall’s injuries, but initially said on March 14 that he needed to be treated. The group came under fire while reporting from a vehicle in Horenka, outside Kyiv. Two days later, Fox News CEO Susan Scott informed staff that Hall was “safe” and had left the country. Hall was transferred to the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany and then to a military medical center in Texas. “Ben is receiving excellent care while continuing to recover from his serious injuries after multiple surgeries,” Scott told staff March 25. Hall has been with Fox News since 2015 and is based primarily in Washington, DC, according to his company CV. It was exported from Ukraine with the help of a team called Save Our Allies and Fox News correspondent Jennifer Griffin. Fox News did not immediately respond to inquiries Friday morning.
