definition. but beginning the president s announcement that he was going to withdraw troops by september 11th and later august 31st, there were many things the u.s. could have done and was urged to do. again and again. publicly and privately by advocates for by then kabul was on the verge of falling and all the time had been lost. there was no need for children to be trampled to death outside the gates of the airport. there was no need for u.s. marines to be blown up by suicide bombers as they tried to pull people out of sewage canals. all of that was a result of the failure to plan and carry out evacuations when there is time. special applicants, afghan
some faith in our servicemen in women, but not our government. thanks, sean. it started with saving one commando, a bunch of green berets and seals just said you know what s, we re not going to get angry, we re going to get t work so we focused on honoring the promise our government didn t. we put together we used our cel phones, our relationships, in relationships inside the airpor in in three days, we managed to sneak in about 700 afghans through holes in the fence, sewage canals, and now we are replastering to do recovery operations we have already started moving family out for i we got one family out his wife went into labor at the taliban check point, we ve already move her out of the country in will be reuniting them in the state soon. operation recovery.org, and wer not stopping until we get them all out. i hope people will go to the website and help your mission.
jobs and who own businesses, and they re just doing this to fill a gap that needs filling. but the way it started with us was getting an afghan commando and his family out early on when kabul fell. we got a couple of green berets together, collaborated, painted the picture using our phone apps that were encrypted and we realized that getting through that wire, the perimeter, was the key and communicating with people on the inside and just helping move them and shepherd them. so we started to become shepherds using this right here and leveraging the relationships, don, that we have with these afghan commandos, special forces, and interpreters that we ve had for years. but it was really guys like jason who were talking to their counter-parts, their interpreters, throughout the night and moving them through sewage canals and everything else to get them there. i didn t lead anything. i was simply i was just simply there to help out. okay.
getting an afghan commando and his family out. we got a couple green berets. we painted a picture using our phone apps and we realized getting through the wire, the perimeter, was key, and communicating with people on the inside and help move them and she shepherd them. and we had interpreters for years and guys like jason, talking to interpret everies throughout the night and moving them through sewage canals. i was simply there to help out. jason, let me bring you in there. what was involved in there? we talked about the pine ales. so what happens? how does it work? don, i think you know, it s a testament to the can do
attacks. reporter: bombings targeted many who were trying this vein to get into kabul airport and get on one of the last evacuation flights. the taliban pledged to punish those behind it. the blasts were just outside an gi abbey gate and near a hotel occupied until recently by british forces. it is an area packed for days with afghans wading through sewage canals, those conditions would surely have amplified the explosion. american officials have been working with potential attacks for days. wednesday they stepped up the alarm talking about a very specific threat stream and about planned attack on crowds outside the airport. americans were killed when in close contact screening and searching evacuees at the gate. isis will not deter us from