Last week, Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall was seriously injured when the vehicle he was traveling in was struck by incoming fire just outside of Kyiv, killing two of his colleagues, Pierre Zakrzewski and Oleksandra “Sasha” Kuvshynova.
Hall is out of Ukraine, and the U.S. government helped play a role in getting the reporter out of the war zone as Russia continues its invasion of the country.
During an interview with Defense Press Secretary John Kirby on Monday, “Fox & Friends” hosts Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt, and Brian Kilmeade thanked the Pentagon spokesman for the administration’s part in rescuing the reporter.
“Thank you as well for your — the Department of Defense and the Pentagon — in assisting getting our man Benjamin Hall out of Ukraine,” Doocy told Kirby. “Thank you. God bless you for that,” Earhardt added.
Kirby replied with gratitude, saying that he was elated that their Fox News colleague was able to be evacuated from the situation.
“Well, our thoughts and prayers go to Mr. Hall and all the people at Fox and of course Mr. Hall’s family,” Kirby said.
“We were very glad to be able to help get him the care that he needs, and we look forward to seeing him come home to his family where he belongs. Again it was the right thing to do, and we were pleased to be able to help.”
Kilmeade stepped in to remind Kirby how significant of a role he played in aiding Hall, to ensure the correspondent got out of harm’s way to begin his recovery. “But Admiral, you didn’t help a little; you helped a lot,” Kilmeade said.
“Thanks, Brian. Again, we, unfortunately, as I think you all know, we are all too familiar with these kinds of injuries, and we built up an expertise on how to treat the kinds of injuries that Mr. Hall had,” Kirby replied.
“So, again, it was our honor to be able to help and, again, we just want to see him get home safe and sound and get back to his family, and we applaud the work that he, other Fox journalists, as well as all journalists, are doing even today on the ground in Ukraine.”
Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at eddie1991razo@gmail.com.
