Posted on 03/24/2022 4:43:06 AM PDT by dennisw
'I'm here to get you out': Decorated Navy doctor reveals how he stabilized and then rescued wounded Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall from near Kyiv after the reporter was injured in Russia attack that killed cameraman Dr. Richard Jadick, 56, a Navy doctor worked with the organization Save Our Allies to bring Fox correspondent Benjamin Hall home Hall's camera crew veteran combat photographer Pierre Zakrzewski and Oleskandra Kurshynova were killed in the war Jadick said he was struck by the patriotism and resolve of the Ukrainians The doctor received the Bronze Star for his field medical work in the Second Battle of Fallujah during the Iraq war
A decorated Naval doctor described rescuing Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall, who was wounded by Russian forces in the fighting outside Kyiv and trapped in the combat zone in need of medical care.
Bronze Star recipient Dr. Richard Jadick, 56, the most decorated combat doctor from the war in Iraq, told Fox News that he was teaching a course in Tennessee when he was called by combat rescue organization 'Save Our Allies' that they needed his help evacuating Americans.
'I got the call, headed home. Got myself packed, got on an airplane and let my family know where I was going,' Jadick told Fox host Martha MacCallum. 'It was later on in the week that we got the call to move to Kyiv, that we had to evacuate a critically wounded patient.'
That patient turned out to be Hall, who was injured in an attack by Russians that killed Fox cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and Oleskandra Kurshynova.
'I was there at the right place and at the right time,' Jadick said humbly.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Bronze Star recipient Dr. Richard Jadick, 56, the most decorated combat doctor from the war in Iraq described rescuing Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall, who was wounded by Russian forces in the fighting outside Kyiv and trapped in the combat zone in need of medical care
Jadick first flew in to Poland, but when he heard that the Fox newsman needed his help he didn't hesitate to parachute into the combat zone.
He arrived at the hospital where Hall was being treated and introduced himself.
'I saw Ben and I looked at him I said 'Ben, you don't know me, my name is Rich Jadick, I'm a surgeon, I'm here to get you out of here.'
I don’t know who this Ben character is but it seems an awful waste of good resources to have to go in and save him.
I’m sure his family disagrees with your vile comment.
This “Ben character” is an outstanding television journalist who, because he wasn’t killed, was in no condition to walk out of Ukraine himself as he reportedly lost a leg.
A Sailor in the dry sand of Iraq?
I recall one before.
Posted and translated on 08/23/2003 by livius
A Sailor
By Alfonso Ussia
Manuel Martín-Oar, captain in the Spanish Navy, died in Iraq.
One line sums up the entire tragedy. He escaped alive from the terrorist attack on the United Nations headquarters and was found dead in a dirty, run-down temporary morgue. He has gone to his rest with honor, that lofty and sacred thing no longer valued in our time. The politicians have declared their regret and respect, with the usual abstentions. The grubby minds of Llamazares and Anasagasti [Basque Marxist separatists] have tried to take advantage of the death of a Spanish sailor to stir up the muddy waters of partisanship: Llamazares and Anasagasti, of all people, two who have trumpeted their disgust and contempt for our armed forces. I have had the good luck to know the Spanish Navy well. A great Navy man introduced me to them. And I felt the death of Manuel Martín-Oar as the death of someone very close to me. The people who are attempting to take advantage of his death for their own benefit, those who are trying to use the body of a hero for their demagoguery, those who are trying to stir up civil society with the first Spanish soldier to die in Iraq, are going to find that they have run up against a brick wall. The women and children of the Navy are as much a part of it as their sailors, and accept the risks and the fate of their loved ones with the same sense of vocation and dedication. They are reserved even in their display of grief. No weeping and wailing of false mourners. Good soldiers know that they are gambling with their lives; even on a mission of peace, as in the case of Capt. Martín-Oar. And they also know that if they die they will be received with the solemn grandeur of silence. Military men do their duty because they know that their families know how to deal with grief. They live surrounded by women, children and parents who support them and are with them in each and every one of the places that their lives take them. They are the great lords of the sea, who have grown used to sailing beyond all horizons and better than we are for it. But they are also their families, and if death touches them, they are still with us in the serene and courageous attitude of their families, and never die. The sun has set in the West for a Spanish sailor. Never again will he see it rise in the lonely dawns of the sea. His fate awaited him on earth, in a violent and turbulent city, when he was on a mission of mercy to those who were suffering. He has given his life for humanity far from Spain, and he shall return to his country sleeping and at rest, to become clay of its clay while he awaits the great day of hope, that day that they say will be full of unbelievable light and seas that are always blue. He died in the desert, which was not his place. But heroes always make their tomb a place of honor. He has taken his place again and is back with us. Wicked is the man who does not respect Capt. Martín-Oars greatness or the strength of his loved ones. Yet some of the wicked have already emerged, and others will follow their unworthy and deceitful lead. They will never understand soldiers, whether of the sea, the land or the air. The integrity of soldiers is beyond the understanding of the poisoned and corrupt minds of thugs. The surrender of ones life and dignity in death, that is, heroism, is an indecipherable hieroglyphic for those who have never respected the soul of soldiers. The Virgin of Carmen has opened her arms over Iraq to shelter one of her children in this first loneliness. And the Star of the Sea has brought a Spanish sailor from Iraq to his homeland. ———————————————————————————————————————— A Spanish naval officer was killed in the UN bombing. He was brought out of the building alive and evacuated to a field hospital, where he died of loss of blood and head injuries. This is the first Spanish military man to be killed in Iraq. Naturally, the press there - with the exception of the conservative newspaper ABC - is acting just the way the press here does, trying to use it to undermine their country’s presence in Iraq. I translated this and am posting it because I thought that it was a very beautiful tribute to this particular fallen soldier and to all of those who have lost their lives doing what was right.
seems a little odd but I have yet to see any report indicating what the reporter's injuries are and have only assumptions to go on.
Somebody stole all the periods from the first paragraph.
These “journalists” are state-sponsored propagandists, and are generally treated like military assets in a war zone like this. I take it your post is based on a presumption that Benjamin Hall was considered a high priority for evacuation simply because he was a “journalist.” I’m inclined to agree with you.
I think the Daily Beast said he lost part of leg.
Wow...talk about a doc that makes house calls.
Putin Puffer, your military isn’t doing too well...other than killing innocent women and children.
—” run to mommy’s apron ...”
Pls show us your rack of fruit salad and tell us of your gongs?
A photo of you in dress uniform would be helpful.
Not doubting you at all but you would think an injury as major as an amputated leg would get some mention in an article such as this. If the doctor said he had to pack him up for transport, what were the wounds he was dealing with? Seems to me, a reasonable detail and question to ask the doctor.
Beyond that, never heard how they were attacked or otherwise fired upon. Caught up in any possible crossfire? Was his injuries due to gun fire (Russian or Ukranian), RPG, incoming Russian missile? Tank firing on the vehicle they occupied? what? Bullet wounds? Shrapnel wounds? Unfortunately, my curiosity tends to grow when article after article omits such details.
“Jadick first flew in to Poland, but when he heard that the Fox newsman needed his help he didn’t hesitate to parachute into the combat zone.”
Very impressive, this Navy Doc parachuted behind enemy lines (was the quickest safest way to get to the injured reporter) to get his patient evacuated out of Ukraine, then onward to America for the best care for his injured, part amputated leg. I think I have it right, that both the injured Fox reporter and Mr. Navy Doc were born in Britain, but now call America their home.
I hope someone remembers what you said if someday you are injured and need help.
Have a nice day.
Looks like a flag flag or "friendly fire" attack... the location of the alleged Russian attack was far from where Russians actually are.
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