A surgeon who helped with the process of evacuating Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall, who was injured while covering the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, discussed the ordeal.
Richard Jadick, a trauma surgeon and Navy veteran, said the organization Save Our Allies contacted him to help get Hal out of Ukraine. “When I first saw Ben, I had gone upstairs with the Ukrainian orthopedic surgeon,” Jadick said during an appearance on Fox News.
“I really can’t say enough about this guy, this orthopedic surgeon, who had one — had one ex fix, little bit of K-wire, things that you do to fix bones. And he looked at me, and he said: ‘That’s all I got. And I hope it’s OK.'”
Furthermore, he added that the same surgeon guarded over the location Hall was in with an AK-47 at night and operated on the reporter during the day. However, Jadick didn’t disclose precisely how the Fox News correspondent was evacuated to Germany because of security concerns.
“And so we worked hard at putting together the right scenario to get him out safely,” Jadick said. “And I would really want to; my hat’s off to the guys I was with who put that all together.”
“Save Our Allies are the ones who had us in the right position to be able to do for Ben what he needed, which is a safe, easy recovery.”
Hall was one of three people attacked last week as his other two colleagues, Pierre Zakrzewski and Oleksandra Kuvshynova, died.
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.
