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10, 13, 18. how quickly it grew has been really cool, really overwhelming. reporter: the taliban s lightning advance forced some difficult decisions. haji, you 100% need to get to kabul, jimmy writes. have you gotten the money? hours go by and finally this from haji. getting to kabul, walking, running, hiding, walking mountain and forest. haji and his family taking every risk, skirting taliban checkpoints including this one and rushing to the airport, gambling that their visa application would be enough to get them to safety. what happened when you tried to get to the gate? we tried to go in. reporter: so haji waits for an elusive e-mail. ....
reporter: the taliban never forgave him. he s been on the run with his wife and young children for. five years. this is what haji said to cnn only a few weeks ago. denied a special immigrant visa for the u.s. twice, haji was running out of options when a former platoon mate stepped in. i realized that he would not be able to do this by himself at all. i felt like if i didn t see it through, there was zero chance of him getting out. reporter: from half a world away, former lance corporal jimmy harley applied for a new visa and started crowd funding, anticipating hard times ahead. i was pretty blown away at $2,000 from friends and family. then the cnn story aired and hit ....