I joined Fox in early 2008 as a contributor.I was struck from the beginning by the network's flexibility and creativity, allowing me to expand my role from expertise in infectious diseases to health policy and Obamacare.I was able to flex various journalistic muscles, too.
I was sent to Phoenix to examine Sen.John McCain’s health records but ended up with the opportunity to deliver on-air reports.I began to report for the network in earnest in 2012, and then in the spring of 2013, during the Boston Marathon, when two self-radicalized brothers executed the largest terrorist attack on U.S.
soil since 9/11, I managed to get permission from our top executives to head up there.DR MARC SIEGEL: TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER 9/11, THE DEADLY HEALTH CRISIS IS STILL CLAIMING LIVESOn the way, I somehow convinced the PR team at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) to grant me the very first interview with a survivor — a woman.Our excellent production team wasn’t expecting me, as we had our top reporters already in the field, but they quickly transitioned to supporting and guiding me.
She had been blown off her feet and badly wounded her leg.Her would-be boyfriend had carried her down one-way streets (going in the opposite direction of the cars) to MGH.We were ready.
She looked straight into the camera and said, "We can’t let the terrorists win.We must stay strong and not be afraid.
Boston is a great city."Ten years later, another top Fox executive sent me to East Palestine, Ohio, following the train wreck there.One of the best field producers in the business came with me, and while I was in the neighborhood doughnut shop sampling the best doughnuts I’d ever had, she was assembling an array of guests who had all been injured or affected by the toxic smoke.FOX NEWS MEDIA'S SPOTLIGHT AWARDS CELEBRATE BEHIND-THE-SCENES STARS AS NETWORK NEARS 30 YEARSThe ERs in the area were calling it "situational anxiety," but outside the temporary state health facility, I interviewed pa...