Fox Information correspondent Benjamin Corridor made his first public feedback on Thursday since he and his colleagues got here below assault whereas reporting in Ukraine in March. Corridor detailed the ugly accidents he sustained through the assault — which additionally killed two of his colleagues, Fox Information cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and fixer Oleksandra "Sasha" Kuvshynova — however stated he felt "fairly d*** fortunate to be right here."
"Its been over three weeks for the reason that assault in Ukraine and I needed to start out sharing all of it," Corridor tweeted. "However first I have to pay tribute to my colleagues Pierre and Sasha who did not make it that day. Pierre and I traveled the world collectively, working was his pleasure and his pleasure was infectious. RIP"
Corridor additionally posted an image of himself on a stretcher, writing, "To sum it up, I've misplaced half a leg on one aspect and a foot on the opposite. One hand is being put collectively, one eye is not working, and my listening to is fairly blown."
Nonetheless, Corridor stated he feels "fairly d*** fortunate to be right here."
Corridor was reporting close to Kyiv with Zakrzewski and Kuvshynova when their car "was struck by incoming hearth" on March 14, Fox Information stated in a press release on the time. Corridor survived the assault and was evacuated from Ukraine days later, however Zakrzewski and Kuvshynova have been killed.
Fox Information CEO Suzanne Scott stated on the time that Zakrzewski had "lined almost each worldwide story for Fox Information from Iraq to Afghanistan to Syria throughout his lengthy tenure with us," including that "his ardour and expertise as a journalist have been unmatched."
Scott stated the 24-year-old Kuvshynova was "extremely gifted" and had spent weeks serving to the community's crews navigate Kyiv, gathering data and speaking with sources, "working across the clock to ensure the world knew what was occurring in her nation."
Anton Gerashchenko, advisor to Ukraine's ministry of inner affairs, stated Kuvshynova and Zakrzewski have been killed by "artillery hearth from Russian-fascist forces," however the community didn't attribute their demise to a particular nation.
The information got here only a day after one other American journalist, Brent Renaud, was shot and killed in Ukraine. The pinnacle of Kyiv's regional police power stated Renaud was killed and one other journalist was wounded by Russian forces within the city of Irpin exterior the capital of Kyiv as they have been touring to movie refugees.
Earlier than Corridor was injured, he had not too long ago made headlines for rebuking Greg Gutfield, co-host of the Fox Information political discuss present "The 5," after he stated on-air that the reporting from Ukraine "is quite a bit like different tales that we have gone by way of within the digital age wherein a picture is taken after which performed over and again and again to create some type of emotional response out of you, as a result of that makes a revenue for information firms."
"This isn't the media attempting to drum up some emotional response," Corridor stated. "That is completely what's occurring."
"It's an absolute disaster," he added. "And the individuals caught within the center are those who're actually struggling."