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That you all made collectively to say, you know what, let's go, this is the right thing to do, we're saving lives, let's put all the other questions aside for the time being? >> that's exactly it. we were doing just that. and our 640 number was a little underestimated. we actually carried 823 to -- >> 823? >> correct. >> well, congratulations. >> amending that. >> new world record. >> i mean, that is -- can you tell us, justin, a little bit about what the mood of the people were? what was it like before, as you were packing them in the plane and what was it like as, you know, you were in the a...

We were trained to handle that maximum perform aircraft. we have women, children, people's lives at stake. it's about the training and directors we were able to handle to make sure we can safely and effectively get those people out and max perform those efforts. >> we heard that from military folks, even from generals who said, this is a plane that can handle tuomas i have tanks, like these kinds of things are not issues. can you just describe for us that day, the scene that you saw at the kabul airport? >> again, that's what we training to do. so based upon our command directives, initiatives...

Seen. more than 640 afghans aboard a c-17 aircraft who were safely evacuated from kabul late on sunday. this group -- this massive humanity is believed to be among the most people ever flown on a c-17, which is a huge military cargo plane if you haven't seen one, that's been operated by the u.s. and its allies nearly three decades. joining us now the service members behind that mission. air man first class nicolas. technical sergeant justin and also with us captain corey jackson, first lieutenant mark lawson, staff sergeants derek, and senior air man richard johnson. all right, lieutenant co...