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He has connections from his time but no guarantees. if he is caught by the taliban, that is not a good scenario. there are no commercial flights into kabul. so he's working connections to figure out how he's going to get there to his family. remember, he has them hiding in four separate locations. trapped in the middle of the so-called taliban kill zone. there are thousands of other families that he's been in touch with. and he just believes this is what he has to do. this is where they all want to be right now. inside this secure perimeter of the karzai international airport in kabul. from th...

There are thousands of other families that he's been in touch with. and he just believes this is what he has to do. this is where they all want to be right now. inside this secure perimeter of the karzai international airport in kabul. from there, the dream is an american c-17 out. a seat on one of those is what everybody's clinging to. and that hope is diminishing with every empty seat that flies away. getting to a plane is another story you keep hearing. well, we don't have any control. even if you are in kabul, a ride to the airport meaning running a gauntlet of fear with a group of people ...

>> my thanks to the four of you. we're going to turn back now to that extraordinary photograph showing more than 600 afghan refugees on board an american c-17 out of the airport in kabul. those refugees, desperate to flee the taliban, rushed onto that aircraft at hamid karzai airport. the crew made the decision to take off with the refugees on board. here's how top military officials responded to that image earlier today. >> you have likely seen the image floating around of the afghan families in the cargo plane. this speaks to the humanity of our u.s. military. >> with us is one of the repo...