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Taliban, written piece of paper addressed to him. with the americans on their way out, with 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" last month he, quote, can'...

Zak just runs through the field and tackles the guy. zak not only obviated the attack, he also marked a clear lane with his footprints for the marines to advance. major schueman said there's no other interpret that would be willing to take that risk. we would give him a loaded weapon and work security. he told "the chicago sun-times" that zak basically became, quote, one of my marines. well, eventually major thomas schueman went home. he's now at the naval war college in rhode island. but zak stayed behind. zak was just 20 years old when he started working with those marines. he's now in his e...

Afghanistan, his friend, major thomas schueman, both of them here on this show together two weeks ago today. now, what's happened in the interim two weeks? besides, you know, afghanistan falling in its entirety to the taliban. back home in rhode island, major thomas schueman has been in repeated contact with zak in afghanistan, trying to do for zak what zak was asking of president biden. take him out of this crisis, somehow help him flee the country. major schueman had helped zak with his visa applications. he wrote letters, sent zak money so zak could try to get his family from where they wer...

Getting from checkpoint to checkpoint to get to the capital and ultimately get to the airport to try something. even major schueman's mom tried to help. she is a retired chicago police officer and a force in her own right by all accounts. she wrote to president biden and vice president harris trying to elevate zak's case. she was trying to get help from the very top. the senior senator from illinois, dick durbin, brought zak's case personally to the attention of secretary of state antony blinken at a senate hearing and told him the story at an open hearing, asking for the secretary of state's ...

Interpreters out. this is not how this was supposed to go, right? this is not the might of the u.s. government. this is not the promise we made to the people like zak. it is not how we were supposed to be bringing him home. getting this wrong doesn't mean, you know, oh, they'll hop the next flight out. the window is closing. getting this wrong means these people will get killed. and so you just keep doing whatever you can. and so today back at it. major schueman started this text chain with zak and with an air force major at the airport. a u.s. air force major. major schueman again trying to p...