the afghan military. but an illinois family is begging president biden to not forget about mark frerichs. mark frerichs is a u.s. navy veteran who was kidnapped in afghanistan in january 2020. there he had been pursuing a water contract. today july 13th is mark frerichs s 59th birthday and his second in captivity. in a cnn exclusive interview his sister joins me with her husband by her side. charlene, thank you so much for being here. i know this isn t easy. tell me about the work that your brother had been doing in afghanistan before he was kidnapped. he did a lot of contracting work helping to rehabilitate afghanistan. he was just trying to do everything he could to help out out there. and he was working on a water project the last i talked to him two days before he was kidnapped. and he was very excited about