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Cnn for having us on and sharing our story. and i have to say hello to raheem and -- who are watching now in toronto, canada. he has found pas mg through the canadian siv program. last sunday he landed in toronto. and is quarantined now at the hotel in toronto. so we are planning on a visit next sunday once he completes his quarantine time line, two-week quarantine. >> if you would, help us understand, gerald, the bond you developed with him. there's so much talk about these thousands of afghan allies that are left in afghanistan right now the u.s. is trying to evacuate. tell us why it meant s...

Airfield. that should have been the last thing to close in my opinion, but now we've got to send soldiers back in harms way to help evacuate the embassies and these interpreters who fought side by side with us every day. and we left them there, and the world is watching. the world is watching us every move as this thing, this situation compounds hourly. it changes hourly. so i just have a disagreement or a heartburn on how we did it. i'm not sure i agree on the time line of when we did it. the afghan people have got to stand up and fight for their country. >> gerald, thank you not just for com...

And he's been trying to get his wife and five kids to safety for years. but he's had an even bigger target on his back ever since u.s. troops started to withdraw. enter retired u.s. army sergeant gerald king. they became fast friends after meeting on the same u.s. army post in 2016. this week raheme and his family finally found safe passage to canada. they goal is now is to live and work here and get closer to their parents. they're with us now. this is such a good news story. great to see you both. gerald, let's start with you. just tell us about the relationship you developed overseas with r...

Being stopped by the taliban with the u.s. papers and the biometric system in place. >> yeah, the biometrics to be able to identify those who helped the u.s. >> correct. >> finally, gerald, what are your thoughts as a retired soldier who fought in afghanistan on the troop withdrawal? >> i knew that this time would come, and we trained the afghan army the best we could for 20 years. i got it. i don't know if that's long enough or it wasn't too long. i'm not in a position to make that determination. but we trained them to stand up and fight for their country and left them the equipment that they...

Going on right now that we can help them find a way to move their application that has already been vetted through canada over to the united states system where it's been for five years and get them home to us. >> and just to really set the stage here, gerald, of the danger that raheem and his family were facing before they were fortunately safely evacuated to canada. help us understand that danger. >> that danger started in his village outside of dgardez. we knew that this taliban was taking over approximately a month ago, six weeks ago. and we made a decision as him and i talked to move him ...