like his mother, the poor, the elderly, and the americans who lack basic access that something so many take for granted every day. miguel almaguer, nbc news, portland we turn now to the families of the fallen we told you earlier about the chaos as people desperately try to flee afghanistan. it s just the latest heartbreak for the children of americans who made the ultimate sacrifice there. here is peter alexander. reporter: those images of desperate afghans clinging to american planes, the chaos as the taliban quickly recaptured the country has been unbearable for keely quinlan. it feels like the rug was pulled out from underneath a lot of us, and i am struggling, honestly, to come to terms with it. reporter: that war altered the course of her life her father, chief warrant officer john quinlan was killed in 2011 when the chinook helicopter he was piloting crashed in southern afghanistan keely was just 10. to this day she remembers when the
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