“Sacrifice and Survival: A Story from the Front Line” Fox Nation, Fox News Correspondent details Benjamin Hall’s Extraordinary Recovery from near-fatal injuries sustained in a deadly attack in Ukraine, debuts Sunday at 9 p.m. ET on Fox News.
A few weeks after the Russian invasion began in 2022, a Fox News crew covering the conflict came under fire from Kiev. Favorite Fox News photojournalist Pierre Zakrzewski and Ukrainian journalist Alexandra “Sasha” Kuvshinova were killed in an attack that devastated Fox News and the journalism industry as a whole.
Hall barely survived and was flown out of the war zone by the non-profit organization Save Our Allies. Since then, he has undergone approximately 30 surgeries, lost a leg on one side and a foot on the other, and no longer has the function of an arm and one eye.
“Sacrifice and Survival: A Story from the Front Line” airs Sundays at 9:00 PM ET on Fox News. An extended version will be available on FOX Nation after the Fox News Channel premiere. (Fox News)
The two-hour documentary features never-before-seen video of the moments leading up to the attack, shot by Zakrewski himself, as well as family videos and body camera footage of the rescue. Viewers will also learn new details about Hall’s remarkable rescue with former special operations and intelligence veterans leading the ground effort. A host of key players, including Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin, offer candid first-hand accounts of everything from the dramatic rescue to Hall’s death reunited with his loving family.
Hall credits his wife, Alicia Mehler, and three young daughters as motivation to move forward. “Sacrifice and Survival” viewers will have the opportunity to hear from Meller herself.
“He comes home, in a way, he feels like nothing has changed, even though everything has,” she said in the preview.
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“Thank him, thank the children, they took it in stride. Nothing bothers them, they’re so proud of dad’s robot leg,” Meller continued. “It’s just a different way of life.”
In a clip from the documentary, Hall detailed the experience of reuniting with his wife after they made a joint decision for her to stay at home in London with their young daughters while he rehabbed in Texas.
“I was so worried about it that I didn’t know what to say to her. I just remember, we just hugged,” Hall said. – We just cried.
Last week on The Martha McCallum Story, Mehler offered viewers what she hopes will come out of the documentary.
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“We’ve been through it,” she said. “Any person in our place would probably do the same, I hope. You put our children and your husband first. [and] decide together how you will manage such tragic situations as ours.”
Zakrzewski’s widow Michelle Ross-Stanton and best friend Rick Findler are also featured, along with Fox News correspondents Trey Engst and Greg Palcott. The film also featured Save Our Allies co-founder Sarah Verardo and a number of doctors and surgeons who helped him.
The special is a supplement to Hall’s memoir, Rescued: A War Reporter’s Mission to Get Home, which hits stores March 14.
“Sacrifice and Survival: A Story from the Front Line” airs on the Fox News Channel on Sunday at 9:00 PM ET. An extended version will be available on FOX Nation after the Fox News Channel premiere.
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