his english mostly from movies, but his english is very good. he had a translator instinct and helped track down two doctors to the first american casualty after 9/11 cia officer. he showed resourcefulness. we had great conversations. i remember us talking about movies. he was having interested in idioms and vernacular english. i explained what the phrase a perfect storm meant and remember explaining also what the term groundhog day meant, and now he s going through a groundhog day of every single day outside the airport. but it s not just a movie, it s real life, and it s life and death. do you think the biden administration appreciates the urgency of what may happen here, what may happen if the u.s. doesn t does, in fact, leave people like your translator behind? i hope they do. i mean, i ve applied for an sib, special immigrant visa, for him. then i applied for a p2 and was
i was up and he worked with me. he is 29 years old, an intelligent young man. learned his english mostly from movies but it s very good. he had a journalistic instinct which translators often don t. he helped track down two doctors who witnessed the last moments of mike span, who was the first american casualty after 9/11, cia officer, so he showed a real resourcefulness. we had great conversations. i remember us talking about movies. he was very interested in idioms and vernacular english. i remember explaining to him what the phrase a perfect storm meant and also what the term groundhog day meant and now he s going through a groundhog day every single day outside that airport. it s not just a movie, it s life and death. and it shows the desperation and so many others trying to get out, willing to risk their life to go through that groundhogs