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The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum

From The Frontlines To Recovery: How Benjamin Hall Was Saved

The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum

FOX News Podcasts

News

4.1738 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, Martha is joined by FOX News State Department Correspondent and Author of the book Saved: A War Reporter's Mission To Make It Home, Benjamin Hall, and his wife Alicia, as they discuss the attack on his vehicle outside Kyiv, Ukraine, and his journey through recovering from the injuries he sustained while reporting in the warzone.    Later, they share how he was able to escape Ukraine, the various doctors that aided Benjamin in his recovery process, and how the experience has strengthened Benjamin and Alicia's relationship.    Follow Martha on Twitter: @MarthaMacCallum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welcome to The Untold Story, and we have a really special edition today because we're having a conversation with the author of The Best Seller, Saved.

0:55.7

And it's an incredible story, a war reporter's mission to make it home by Benjamin Hall, Fox News, war correspondents, state department correspondent, and we're also speaking with

1:01.6

his wife, Alicia, who's joining us from London, who's obviously just a huge part of this tragic

1:08.4

but amazingly inspirational story that they have been part of throughout this.

1:14.4

And I just want to actually start, Ben, with a question to you.

1:18.0

And sort of one of the things that really struck me about the documentary, which everyone

1:22.6

should see, it's beautifully produced and really well done.

1:26.0

What was your reaction when you watched it,

1:28.3

when you saw the whole story put together? I think first of all it reminded me of how much

1:32.5

had gone on behind the scenes to get me out, the incredible team effort, the people who came in

1:36.6

to save me, the doctors around me, the people at Fox was amazing. But it was a real rollercoaster

1:41.0

because it takes you up and down, It takes you through the really tragic moments.

1:45.0

And then it takes you through these really inspirational moments as well.

1:47.0

Watching it was very difficult.

1:49.0

And I will admit that when I saw it yesterday, I cried, which I don't do very often.

1:55.0

So I felt about it, and I felt it a lot.

1:57.0

And it also remembers Pierre and Sasha very well,

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