>> it was really bad. one minute is like one day. >> reporter: the former translator worked alongside u.s. forces for four years. he applied for a special immigrant visa more than two years ago. zubi was a lucky one, it was granted two days before the taliban over took kabul. zubi needed to get his family to the airport. he and his father both worked with the u.s. government and they knew if they stay in kabul, their lives would be in danger. zubi was getting text messages from friends also trying to escape. >> says it's like horror movie. he says that taliban are like zombies. >> reporter: what were you thinking watching this? >> i thought i can't get out of kabul. >> reporter: he was on his own with visa in hand, he spent days trying to get himself and his family past the taliban. with no help from the americans he says. >> the taliban was behaving very bad.