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Received this letter from the taliban, written piece of paper addressed to him. with the americans on their way out, the evacuation under way, the taliban making it clear in this letter to zak that they know where to find him because they wanted and intended to kill him for having worked with the u.s. forces. so they have got his cell phone number. they have got his address. they know how to find him. they're telling him they're going to kill him. zak is essentially being hunted. so he can't leave his house, let alone work outside his house to support his family. he told "the new york times" l...

Confirms, yes. that's us. we will get your boy. but no. major schueman posted this photo yesterday. the caption says we, meaning zak and his family, we were this close today and didn't make it. this close. you can see there's a marine at the photo helping at the airport but they could not get on a plane. major schueman also posted this video of zak and his family. this close and didn't make it. you hear his kids crying. at one point it sounds like a gunshot goes off in the background. i mean this is literally how this is going right now. call every person you know who has any influence. dial e...

He had already worked with so many different interpreters, but zach was different. he was physically fit for one. his english was excellent. most of all, he was willing to go to sangin, which many interpreters avoided. he said i immediately recognized that he was a special guy and i was very lucky to have him. marines in other platoons began to eye this new addition with envy, but major schueman had no intention of sharing him. the patrols were long and terrifying as the marines made their way through mined territory toward villages, often being ambushed in a campaign that killed and severely ...

Zak is because major schueman has been chronicling his effort out loud and in public, specifically on instagram, not just to provide a record of what's happening to zak, but also as a way to beg for help to anyone who might see his posts and might be able to help at all. so here was major schueman three days ago. quote, if zak can get an escort to the airport, we can get him on a plane today. he is 7.5 kilometers from the airport. if you have someone on the ground who can transport his family right now, please let me know. and if you swipe to the side on that post, you would then see that the ...

Immigrate to the united states in exchange for the sacrifice he made for our country. there is a special category for men like zak who helped u.s. troops so they could come to the united states. zak first applied for that visa six years ago, but it hit a snag because overall zak spent about three years working for the u.s. war effort in afghanistan. in addition to working for major schueman and that battalion of marines, he also spent time working for a u.s. government contractor that was supplying translation services to the u.s. army. in order to get this visa, this special visa that was cre...