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Soon after he shared a photo of zak and his entire family, but it did not come with good news. major schueman wrote, not the ending we hoped for. they made a harrowing escape to kabul. at 2:00 a.m. he fled his tiny apartment and walked to the airport. he crossed multiple taliban checkpoints and just barely made it. i told him meet the marines at a specific access point because i had confirmation an officer would let him through. that officer is no longer responding to my messages. another officer told me he would make sure zak and his family boarded a plane. he hasn't responded in several hour...

Just do you know how you feel yet having actually done it? >> yeah. i think eventually there will be additional feelings to sort out. right now i just feel thankful. i feel thankful that we have these 18-year-old marines manning these posts, demonstrating that there is no worsen me, no better friend than a marine, demonstrating our ethos, being always faithful that we do have these young infantry marines holding the line and making this happen. i'm just grateful for all of the people who rallied around zak's cause and all of the support received. but it's important to note that while zak made ...

His english was excellent. most of all, he was willing to go to sangin, which many interpreters avoided given the dangerous terrain. 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 injured scores of troops. at one point zak overheard two taliban fighters from a dista...

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 every number in your phone. call the contrac...

I think your summary was accurate. nothing to add as far as the details. i think you captured the important elements of the story. from what i understand, zak flew out several hours ago. i don't know exactly specifically what time or if he's landed. i assume he's headed to a country in the middle east. so whether that might be qatar or dubai, i'm not sure. but he's headed somewhere in the middle east right now. >> major schueman, part of the reason i wanted to talk to you about this is because i feel like a lot of americans, particularly americans who are professional, well off, well connected...