sandwich. he tore off a corner of it, a piece of bread. he ate it, and he gave the rest to his dog. they ve taught me a lot too. i ll close by saying this. an act of kindness can change your day. change someone s day. an act or gesture of kindness can change somebody s life. thank you. [ applause ] what a night. we want to thank everybody for joining us. thank you, laura. oh, my goodness. thank you for holding my hand. that was beautiful. can you imagine the level of generosity to say give back immediately? this tells you why we do this. thank you so much. you can support all of our honorees right now by going to cnnheroes.com and click donate. each donate will be met dollar for dollar. if you know someone as amazing as tonight s honorees, you can nominate them to be a cnn hero in 2024 because officially, anderson, nominations are now open. we hope that some of these stories have inspired you to get involved and do your part because you, too, can be somebody s hero. t
in the heartrt of talibaban cou and brining g them h home. -the taliban is ruling accccordg to their conceception of islamicic law the most l literal, fundamenentalist cononception ththat you canan possibly y im. -t-the talibanan regime was ruththless. therere wasn t a anything that thehey wouldn t t do. -therere were eighght individus arrerested in afafghanistan. all eight from shelter now internationanal. -under islslamic law, , the cre for prproselytizining was dea. after we were arrested, they walalked us into this compound, and when they opened the door, there, s standing in front o of us, were abobout 35 to 40 afghghan women.. and d that was t the first t e i brbroke down a and cried.. -in n 2001, i was the e cia statioion chif in islamabadad, pakistanan, where i had responsibility for all intelligence-gathering operations in both pakistan and afghanistan. in a august of 2 2001, wewe first gotot word that thesese eight indndividua, including twtwo young ama
And the boyfriend lived in the same cell. we had the matching comforter and the matching jackets. we were a little couple. he can t figure out why all the other inmates are complaining. i m goining to dreamam about t that steakak. i i m going toto dream about thatat tiramisu.u. whwhat a nightht, huh? but, u um, can thehe test drivive be over nonow? head b back to the d dealership?p? [ mamale announcncer ] it s praractically y yours. but we stitill need yourur signaturere. volklkswagen sigign then dririve is back. anand it s nevever been eaeasier to get a a passat. that s s the powerer of german n engineerining. get $0$0 down, $0 0 due at sigigning $0 depososit anand $0 firstst month s p payment on any n new volkswawagen. vivisit vwdealaler.com tododay. [ male announcer ] at hebrew national we re so choosy about the cuts of beef that meet our higher kosher standards that only a slow-motion bite can capture all that kosher delight. and when your hot dog s kosher that s a hot dog you ca