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A Dana Perino Podcast: Everything Will Be Okay

Saved: Benjamin Hall's Miraculous Journey Home

A Dana Perino Podcast: Everything Will Be Okay

Fox News Radio

Society & Culture, Education, Self-improvement, Business, Books, Careers, Arts

4.24.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

On this special episode, Dana is joined by FOX News State Department Correspondent and Author of Saved: A War Reporter's Mission to Make It Home, Benjamin Hall. Benjamin expresses his immense gratitude for Save Our Allies and their exceptional role in rescuing him following the attack in Ukraine. Then, Benjamin is surprised by a dear friend, James, who he met while recovering at Brooke Medical Army Center in San Antonio, Texas. Benjamin and James share how their friendship brought them joy during a difficult season in their lives. Later, Benjamin shares with Dana how his passion for adventure and storytelling was the catalyst for his career reporting abroad and the influence his relationship with Pierre Zakreweski had on his life. Keep up with Dana on Twitter: @DanaPerino Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey there! Here's some important news from Network Rail,

0:03.3

if you're planning to catch a train over the May Bank holiday weekends.

0:07.3

From the 28th of April to the 1st of May and from the 27th to the 29th of May,

0:12.8

Network Rail will be working to upgrade and improve the railway for us all.

0:17.2

And while most of the network will stay open,

0:19.7

some train services will be affected. So, be in the know before you go.

0:24.9

Please check before you travel at nationalrail.co.uk forward slash May.

0:30.3

From the Fox News Podcast Network, I'm Dana Perino and everything will be okay.

0:46.0

Hello and welcome back to a special episode of Everything Will Be Okay.

0:49.5

Today, I'm joined by a brilliant war and state department correspondent,

0:54.4

a man of incredible courage and humility and a dear member of our Fox News family.

1:10.4

Benjamin Hall has an incredible career. He reported around the world,

1:16.0

it is outstanding everything that he's accomplished. He mastered the art of

1:20.3

delicately sharing the stories of people who often did not have the resources to do so on their own.

1:26.0

He went to them to tell their story so that we could know what was going on.

1:30.7

And he did this with the support of his team with humility and empathy.

1:36.3

His gift of storytelling is breathtaking and he's exceedingly charming.

1:41.6

After experiencing a life-threatening attack while covering the war on Ukraine in March of 2022,

1:46.6

Benjamin wrote his memoir, Saved, to detail his recovery in the moments leading to the

1:51.2

horrific event that would ultimately change his life. He dedicates this book and the stories he

1:57.5

shares to his two colleagues who lost their lives that day in Ukraine, Sasha, Kushinova,

2:03.2

and Pierre Sakrefsky. Benjamin joins me to share his story.

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