 Many of Segal's films were shot from the frontline.In 1973, whilst reporting the Yom Kippur War, he was part of a convoy of ITV journalists that was narrowly missed by a Syrian wire-guided missile.David Elstein recorded in his memoir that the vehicles were only missed because a few moments prior to the missile strike Segal had insisted that the convoy be halted so that he could "relieve himself under a tree".