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As Russia began to invade Ukraine, I intently tuned into the nightly news programming of FOX News, to see their war correspondents: Benjamin Hall, Trey Yingst, Greg Palkot, Steve Harrigan, Lucas Tomlison, and Mike Tobin, along with their crew, as they reported the devastation and human suffering the Ukrainian people were experiencing every day. The correspondents would also live feed these events as well, up, and close, as the horrors and realities of war began to weave into our collective consciousness. Because the information they relayed was so raw, so intense and seemed so dangerous, I began to fear for their safety as well. So, it was heartbreaking to hear that Benjamin Hall and Pierre Zakrzewski, along with their Ukrainian cohort, Sasha Kushynova, had been the target of one of Putin’s attacks - even sadder to hear that Pierre and Sasha had died as a result. Yet, thankfully, Benjamin Hall, although gravely ill and severely injured in the same attack, had survived.
SAVED is the account of Benjamin Hall’s harrowing journey, that he tells beautifully, succinctly, with clarity of thought, vision, hope and complete and total brute strength, and positive frame of mind, to not only make it out of the war-torn country of Ukraine alive, but with help, compassion, know-how, expertise, and the coordination of FOX News executives, as well as the intelligence operatives that were utilized in the Pentagon and on the ground in Ukraine, and with the help of medical personnel in Ukraine, how Ben made it back to the states for critical medical treatment.
Minute-by-minute, hour-by-hour and day-by-day, Benjamin gives his account of how this was all accomplished. I was on the edge of my seat, unable to put the book down, but had to on many occasions, as he wove in visions, stories, hope and positivity, coupled with descriptions of the immense severity and pain of his injuries, so that I could cry and then compose myself only hours later, to continue reading. His intense love for his wife, Alicia, and their precious daughters, Honor, Iris, and Hero, were always on the forefront of his mind and in his desperation to see his family as soon as possible, he powered through the pain, while enduring multiple surgeries, hallucinations, infections, a few recovery setbacks, intense physical therapy, along with the reality of having to live the rest of his life without his body ever being ‘whole’ again. But it is not the loss or injury to a few limbs to keep Benjamin down, it is his unwavering optimism, that after all the pain and hard work to physically recover – he would be up, and well and ‘whole’ again, once he was able to travel home, to be in the loving arms of his family.
Benjamin gave credit where credit was due, to all of the people who gave support in any capacity to him, with every step along the way, from the Ukraine people and the doctors who gave him lifesaving treatment there, to the United States, and our unmatched, professional medical personnel, to ensure that his recovery would be successful.
Ben wrote a wonderful book, and I can’t wait to see what the ‘new’ Benjamin Hall will be up to next. But I believe he has a knack for compassion toward others – and a serious knack for writing!
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Saved: A War Reporter's Mission to Make It Home
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A Most Remarkable Story
Saved is an adventure story. It is also a war story, a love story and a tale of gratitude. At the center is how a remarkable man named Benjamin Hall used a catastrophic injury to grow and mature in his marriage, his career and his faith. Hall’s parents exposed him to the world and gave him a love of travel and adventure. For years, he was a freelance journalist specializing in war, mostly in the Middle East. Hall always tried to be as close to the action as possible, despite the risks. In 2015 he became a full-time Fox News Channel employee and married his girlfriend Alicia Meller. They have three daughters.On March 14, 2022 Benjamin Hall, cameraman Pierre Zakrewski and producer Oleksandra (Sasha) Kuvshinova and two Ukranian security guards drove north of Kyiv in search of a story. As they were returning to the city, the Russians shelled the car three times. The car was destroyed and burned and only Hall escaped alive. He credits this to the appearance of his oldest daughter telling him to “get our of the car.”The story that follows is one of survival and of cooperation between governments and non-government agencies, including the Prime Minister of Poland. Save Our Allies did the difficult and dangerous job of getting Benjamin Hall out of Ukraine to the safety of the U.S. Army.Hall’s journey from Landstuhl in Germany to Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas was painful and harrowing. He had a skull fracture and was experiencing nightmares and hallucinations that continued in Texas. His injuries are horrific: the loss of both feet, one eye, one leg, a shredded hand, blindness in one eye and severe burns.His wife Alicia was his main support throughout the recovery period. Hall calls her the real hero for keeping their family stable for the months he was away. There was also support from friends, relatives, colleagues and thousands of Fox News viewers. The medical staff at both Landstuhl and BAMC are professional and caring. Although told that his recovery would take two years, Hall decided that he needed to be home in months. His recounts the sometimes uplifting, sometimes gruesome details of his treatment in a factual journalistic fashion with no hint of self-pity.Benjamin Hall still has a long way to go with his recovery. But there is no doubt that with his unconquerable spirit and the love and support of his family, friends and Fox News viewers, he will succeed and go back to the career he loves. Hall no longer wants to cover wars but looks forward to telling the stories of goodness that he has found in the world.
