Picture a light wave, orthogonal to and just above the event horizon of a black hole, fired directly away from the black hole.

If the black hole is of sufficient mass, the light would be pulled back towards the black hole and would eventually reverse directions.

My two questions are: is this assumption correct? And if so, how would the light be able to reverse directions to travel back towards the black hole without reaching a speed of 0?

Picture a light wave orthogonal to and just above the event horizon of a black hole, fired directly away from the black hole.

If the black hole is of sufficient mass, the light would be pulled back towards the black hole and would eventually reverse directions.

My two questions are:

1. Is this assumption correct?
2. If so, how would the light be able to reverse directions to travel back towards the black hole without reaching a speed of 0?

Picture a light wave, orthogonal to the event horizon of a black hole, fired directly away from the black hole.

If the black hole is of sufficient mass, the light would be pulled back towards the black hole and would eventually reverse directions.

My two questions are: is this assumption correct? And if so, how would the light be able to reverse directions to travel back towards the black hole without reaching a speed of 0?

Picture a light wave, orthogonal to and just above the event horizon of a black hole, fired directly away from the black hole.

If the black hole is of sufficient mass, the light would be pulled back towards the black hole and would eventually reverse directions.

My two questions are: is this assumption correct? And if so, how would the light be able to reverse directions to travel back towards the black hole without reaching a speed of 0?