americans stranded in afghanistan and we are stranded. and i would like to thank karen miller, our congresswoman for her continued -- has been in touch with me and my only strength here, hearing their voices makes me feel comfortable and hopeful maybe i will be able to make it back home. so there's a lot going on, we are stranded. we can't get to the airport. when we tried to get to the airport, we are afraid for our lives. family members are trying to contact us through foreign affairs was all they are getting is we are going to be going to escalate this was at this point escalating is not helpful because alabama going