“I had to make it home. I wasn’t done being their dad.”
More than a year after surviving a devastating missile strike in Ukraine, Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall is opening up about the day that nearly took his life—and the long, emotional road back to his family.
In his raw and inspiring new memoir, Saved: A War Reporter’s Mission to Make It Home, Hall shares what really happened on March 14, 2022, when a Russian missile hit the car he was traveling in near Kyiv and why every moment since has been a fight to reclaim his life.
A Blast That Changed Everything
Hall, then reporting on the Russian invasion, was heading back from a field assignment when a barrage of missiles hit his convoy.
The blast killed Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski, 55, and local producer Sasha Kuvshynova, 24, both beloved colleagues.
Hall was the only survivor.
“I lost limbs and I’m badly injured, but they lost everything,” Hall told People, remembering Zakrzewski as a mentor and friend.
Thirty Surgeries, One Mission: Stay Alive
The injuries were catastrophic.
Hall lost his right leg and left foot, the function of one hand and one eye, and endured multiple other injuries. His survival was nothing short of a miracle.
He lay stranded on a roadside until a stranger, someone who had simply taken a wrong turn, spotted him. That chance encounter set off a global rescue operation, involving Fox News, U.S. military contacts, and a race against time.
He was flown first to a U.S. Army hospital in Germany, then on to Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas for specialized treatment.
“I had one goal: get back to my girls,” he said.
Alicia’s Agonizing Decision
Back home in London, Hall’s wife Alicia faced her own impossible mission: keeping life normal for their three young daughters, Honor, Iris, and Hero, then just 6, 4, and 2.
“I didn’t want to tell the girls anything until we knew for sure that he would be okay,” Alicia said.
She filled their days with school, ballet, and bedtime stories, shielding them from the terrifying unknown. When Ben tried to FaceTime them from the hospital, heavily bandaged and confused, she shut it down immediately.
“You cannot speak to the kids like this,” she told him. “You need to turn this off.”
Healing in Pieces, Hope in Moments
Hall battled through hallucinations, surgery after surgery, and days when the pain felt endless.
But in those darkest moments, one thing kept him going.
“When I was really low, I just tried to find one little piece of goodness,” he said. “One thing to help me get through it.”
His mantra became simple: survive today, hug them tomorrow.
A Hero’s Return
Exactly six months after the attack, and just in time for his eldest daughter’s seventh birthday, Hall flew home to London.
He was nervous. Would they recognize him? Would they be afraid?
But the reunion was unforgettable.
He held his girls. Told bedtime stories. Jumped on the trampoline.
“I get this real physical emotion in a way I never did before, an absolutely physical sense of love,” he said. “Every time I look at them, I feel that now.”
The Road Ahead
There are still surgeries to come. Still rehab. Still pain.
But Hall is clear-eyed and stronger than ever.
“You could throw absolutely anything at me and I know that I’ll get through it,” he said.
His wife Alicia agrees.
“It’s a journey, isn’t it? Life’s a journey,” she said. “It would be selfish of Benji and I to wallow in self-pity when much worse has happened to many more people.”
Not Just a Survivor — A Father on a Mission
Benjamin Hall didn’t just survive the unthinkable. He came home.
And every time he sits down for dinner, reads a bedtime story, or hugs his daughters, he’s reminded: he made it back for the moments that matter most.
“I’m not just lucky to be alive,” he says. “I’m lucky to be their dad.”
