In a tweet from hospital on Thursday, the 39-year-old British reporter shared a picture of himself with one eye bandaged, saying he felt “pretty damn lucky to still be here.”
“To sum it up, I’ve lost half a leg on one side and a foot on the other,” he said.
“One hand is being put together, one eye is no longer working, and my hearing is pretty blown… but all in all I feel pretty damn lucky to be here—and it is the people who got me here who are amazing.”
Hall and his team were reporting in Horenka, on the outskirts of Kyiv, when the vehicle they were traveling in was hit by Russian shelling on March 24.
Ukrainian producer Oleksandra “Sasha” Kuvshynova, 24, and Irish cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski, 55, died at the scene, while Hall was taken to a hospital in Ukraine.
“It’s been over three weeks since the attack in Ukraine and I wanted to start sharing it all,” Hall wrote in his first update.
“But first I need to pay tribute to my colleagues Pierre and Sasha who didn’t make it that day.
“Pierre and I traveled the world together, working was his joy and his joy was infectious. RIP.”
Fox News has released few details on the circumstances of the attack that injured Hall and killed Zakrzewski and Kuvshynova.
In a statement released on the day of the incident, Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott said: “Earlier today, our correspondent Benjamin Hall was injured while news gathering outside of Kyiv in Ukraine.
“We have a minimal level of details right now. Ben is hospitalized and our teams on the ground are working to gather additional information as the situation quickly unfolds. The safety of our entire team of journalists in Ukraine and the surrounding regions is our top priority and of the utmost importance.”
Fox later published another statement confirming the death of Kuvshynova, who had been working as a fixer for Fox News correspondents in Ukraine. Scott called her “incredibly talented.”
The channel announced the death of Zakrzewski a day after the incident. Announcing his death live on air, Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer called the 55-year-old war correspondent “an absolute legend,” while Fox News anchor John Roberts tweeted his condolences calling Zakrzewski “an absolute treasure.”
A funeral service for Zakrzewski was held in Dublin on March 29.
A day before the shelling that killed Zakrzewski and Kuvshynova, journalist Brent Renaud was shot dead by Russian forces in Irpin while on assignment for TIME magazine. Two other journalists were injured and brought to the hospital.
At least six journalists have reportedly been killed in Ukraine since the beginning of the war.
Update 04/08/22, 3:11 a.m. ET: This article was updated with additional and background information.
