>> Martha: SO NINE DAYS AGO, OUR
FOX TEAM WAS HIT BY RUSSIAN FIRE
WHILE NEWS GATHERING IN UKRAINE
OUTSIDE OF KYIV.
OUR COLLEAGUES WERE KILLED IN
THAT ATTACK.
BEN HALL SURVIVED.
AS WE SEND CONTINUED PRAYERS FOR
BEN’S RECOVERY, WE KNOW ONE OF
THE FORCES BEHIND HIS RESCUE,
SAVE OUR ALLIES, A GROUP THAT
AIDS AMERICANS AND ALLIES IN
COME BATS REGIONS, THEY DO
INCREDIBLE WORK IN DANGEROUS
PLACES.
DR. RICHARD JADDOCK IS A MEMBER
OF THE TEAM.
HE WAS TEACHING A COURSE IN
TENNESSEE WHEN HE GOT A CALL
ASKING FOR HIS HELP.
HE DROPPED EVERYTHING TO GET TO
THE REGION AND WORKED ON GETTING
BEN TO SAFETY, THIS IS NOT THE
FIRST TIME THAT HE’S IN FOR SUCH
A CALL.
IN 2004, WHEN THE MARINE CORPS
NEEDED A DOCTOR IN FALLUJAH, HE
DID NOT HESITATE.
HE WAS AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR
AND THE MOST DECORATED MILITARY
DOCTOR TO SERVE IN IRAQ.
THANKS, DOCTOR, FOR BEING WITH
US.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT
YOU DO.
GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT IT WAS
LIKE WHEN YOU GOT -- WHEN YOU
LEFT TENNESSEE AND YOU GOT TO
POLAND AND YOU GOT THAT CALL TO
HELP BEN.
>> WELL, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF
A PROGRESSION.
I GOT THE CALL, HEADED HOME.
GOT MYSELF PACKED.
GOT ON AN AIRPLANE AND LET MY
FAMILY KNOW WHERE I WAS GOING.
THE INITIAL IMPACT WAS TO GO
WITH SAVE OUR ALLIES, SARAH
BARRADO THAT RUNS IT.
THE BOARD CALLED AND SAID WOULD
YOU GO OVER, DO SOME
ASSESSMENTS.
I SAID I WOULD.
I GOT TO POLAND, DID SOME OF
THAT.
LATER ON IN THE WEEK THAT WE GOT
THE CALL TO MOVE TO KYIV TILL WE
HAD TO EVACUATE CRITICALLY
WOUNDED PATIENT.
IT WASN’T IMMEDIATE FROM HERE TO
THERE TO GET HIM.
IT WAS -- I WAS THERE AT THE
RIGHT PLACE WITH THE RIGHT
PEOPLE AT THE RIGHT TIME AND
SAFE OUR ALLIES PUT US THERE.
>> Martha: THEY’RE AN
EXTRAORDINARY ORGANIZATION.
WE’VE HEARD INTERVIEWS WITH
SARAH.
IT’S AN INCREDIBLE EFFORT.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
ALL YOU HAVE DONE.
I WANT EVERYONE TO READ IN TO
WHAT SAVE OUR ALLIES DOES.
IT’S VERY DANGEROUS WORK.
WHEN YOU GOT THERE, YOU HAVE
SHARED JUST A BRIEF SORT OF --
WHAT WAS IT LIKE?
WHAT WAS YOUR CONVERSATION LIKE
WITH PEN?
I’M SURE HE WAS VERY HAPPY TO
SEE YOU.
>> WHEN I FIRST SAW BEN, I HAD
GONE UPSTAIRS WITH THE UKRAINIAN
ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON.
I CAN’T -- REALLY CAN’T SAY
ENOUGH ABOUT THIS GUY.
THIS ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON WHO HAD
ONE X FIX, A LITTLE K-WIRE,
THINGS THAT YOU DO TO FIX BONES.
HE LOOKED AT ME AND HE SAID
THAT’S ALL I GOT.
HE SAID I HOPE IT’S OKAY.
I WENT UPSTAIRS AND SAW BEN.
BEN, YOU DON’T KNOW ME.
I’M RICH JADICK.
I’M A PHYSICIAN.
I’M HERE TO GET YOU OUT.
HE SAID WHEN YOU WANT TO GO?
I SAY WE’LL BE OUT OF HERE IN 20
MINUTES.
THAT ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON STANDS
AT POST WITH AN AK AND DURING
THE NIGHT HE OPERATES.
WE WERE GOING TO DO SOME CASES
TOGETHER.
WE GOT THE WORD WE HAD TO GET
OUT THAT NIGHT.
SO I WENT BACK AND SAID BEN,
WE’RE MOVING.
>> Martha: WOW.
I KNOW YOU CAN’T SHARE THE MODE
OF TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE YOU
WANT TO PRESERVE YOUR METHODS.
WHAT CAN YOU SHARE WITH US ABOUT
THE TENSION OF THAT ENVIRONMENT
AND GETTING OUT OF THERE JUST IN
GENERAL IN TERMS OF EMOTIONALLY
WHAT IT’S LIKE ABOUT WHAT IT’S
LIKE TO BE WITH A PATIENT THAT
NEEDS TO BE MOVED?
>> WELL, BEN HAD SOME CRITICAL
INJURIES THAT REQUIRED A LOT OF
ATTENTION.
ONE OF THE HALL MARKS OF
EVACUATING A PATIENT IS PATIENTS
GET WORSE UNDER ROUGH CONDITIONS
GETTING OUT OF A BAD SITUATION.
THE BAD SITUATION WAS -- COULD
HAVE BEEN MADE WORSE JUST BY
GETTING IN THE WRONG KIND OF
EVACUATION SITUATION.
SO WE WORKED HARD AT PUTTING
TOGETHER THE RIGHT SCENARIO TO
GET HIM OUT SAFELY.
I WANT TO PUT MY HATS OFF TO THE
GUYS THAT I WAS WITH.
SAVE OUR ALLIES HAD US IN THE
RIGHT POSITION TO BE ABLE TO DO
FOR BEN WHAT HE NEEDED, WHICH IS
A SAFE, EASY RECOVERY.
>> Martha: YEAH, YOU GUYS ARE SO
EXTRAORDINARY.
THESE ARE FORMER SPECIAL FORCES,
SPECIAL OPS VETERANS THAT JUST
ANSWER THE CALL OF DUTY AS YOU
DO WITH YOUR MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALISM.
I CAN’T EVEN IMAGINE HOW JUST
WHAT A RELIEF IT WAS FOR HIM TO
SEE YOU AND TO HAVE YOU SAY
WE’RE GOING TO GET YOU OUT OF
HERE.
I CAN’T IMAGINE WHAT THAT IS
LIKE FOR HIM AND FOR HIS FAMILY.
YOU HAVE BEEN TO IRAQ, YOU HAVE
BEEN TO AFGHANISTAN.
HOW DO YOU COMPARE WHAT YOU SAW
IN THOSE ZONES TO WHAT YOU’RE
SEEING IN KYIV AND UKRAINE?
>> WELL, IT’S -- YEAH, IT’S A
DIFFERENT CULTURE.
IT’S A DIFFERENT WORLD WHEN YOU
GO TO KYIV AND WHEN YOU GO TO --
WE WENT THROUGH DIFFERENT TOWNS,
LVIV WAS OUR FIRST STOP POINT.
THESE ARE THINGS -- THESE ARE
PEOPLE THAT ARE -- THE MEN ARE
STAYING THERE TO FIGHT.
THERE’S NO QUESTION.
THEY HAVE THE HEART OF LIONS.
THEY’LL BE THERE UNTIL THE END
OF THIS.
THERE’S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND AND
TRYING TO GET THEIR FAMILIES
OUT.
IT IS A TENSE SITUATION AS YOU
GO IN AND YOU START TO LOOK AT
HOW CAN WE GET PEOPLE OUT AND
WHO NEEDS TO GO AND WHO DOESN’T.
THE DIFFERENCE IS THE MEN, THE
MILITARY AGE MEN ARE STAYING
BEHIND AND FIGHTING.
IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ, YOU
COULD BE IN ONE VILLAGE ONE DAY
AND HEAR ONE THING AND NEVER DID
YOU GET THAT SENSE OF WE NEED TO
FIGHT FOR WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT
IS OURS.
IN THE UKRAINE, WE DO SEE THAT.
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CULTURAL
ASPECTS TO WHAT IS GOING ON.
>> Martha: YEAH, IT’S
EXTRAORDINARY, THEIR STORY.
I WANT TO ASK YOU ANOTHER
QUESTION BEFORE WE GO.
I KNOW YOU WERE VERY MOVED BY
THE CHILDREN THAT YOU SAW
SUFFERING AND BEING MOVED OUT OF
THEIR HOMES AND ON THE RUN
ESSENTIALLY.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT AND WHAT
CAN WE DO, WHAT CAN PEOPLE AT
HOME DO TO HELP SUPPORT THE WORK
THAT YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES DO.
>> WELL, THE CHILDREN ARE -- TO
ME -- I HAVE THREE KIDS.
TEENAGERS, ALL OF THEM, BUT I
FEEL FOR EVERY PARENT WHO IS
OVER THERE WHO IS SEPARATING
FROM THEIR HUSBAND, THEIR
BROTHERS, THEIR MOTHERS IN A LOT
OF AREAS, ORPHANS.
JUST -- THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT
OF THE AIR RAID SIRENS, THE
BOMBINGS.
THE CONCERN OF WHERE I’M GOING
TO GET THE NEXT MEAL AND HOW DO
I GET WATER.
EVACUATING PATIENTS ACROSS THE
BORDER ON FOOT.
PSYCHOLOGICALLY IT’S HORRIBLE
FOR THESE KIDS.
THEN THEY GRET TO A REFUGEE
CENTER WHERE THEY DON’T HAVE A
LOT OF -- THEY DON’T HAVE TOYS,
THEY DON’T HAVE THINGS TO KEEP
THEM OCCUPIED, THEIR MIND OFF OF
THINGS.
I WOULD SAY GET WITH SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, THE RED
THESE ORGANIZATIONS, THE RED
CROSS, SOME OF THE GRM,
SAMARITANS PURSE AND SEE WHAT WE
CAN DO 0 HELP THEM.
SOA IS ANOTHER ONE.
DONATIONS ARE BEST BECAUSE WE
CAN FIND WAYS TO GET THAT MONEY
TO THESE PEOPLE.
BUT GETTING ON THE WEBSITE IS --
>> Martha: SAVE OUR ALL LIES.
WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DO WHAT
YOU CAN TO DONATE, TO HELP.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT YOUR
WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN SAID
WHEN I’M GOING TO POLAND AND
UKRAINE.
BUT YOU DO THE WORK THAT IS SO
NEEDED.
WE’RE JUST REALLY HONORED TO
TALK TO YOU, DR. JADICK.
WE’RE SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL YOU
DID FOR OUR COLLEAGUE AND THE
DIGNIFIED TRANSFER THAT OVERSAW.
WE’RE GRATEFUL TO YOU.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
SAVE OUR ALLIES IS THE