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Afghan Man Records Himself Clinging to C-17
Published 3 years ago
Footage recorded during the initial evacuation of Hamid Karzai International captures the last moments of an Afghan man's life just seconds before the aircraft takes off.
If you've ever wanted to know what desperation truly looks like, this is it. In the last days of America's ground presence in Afghanistan, the situation on the ground looked truly post-apocalyptic. This is the last video recorded by an Afghan man who was clinging onto the side of a C-17 as it prepared to take off from Hamid Karzai International Airport. He was so desperate for freedom, that he made the conscious decision to try and hold onto the side of an aircraft that wound be tens of thousands of feet in the air flying at an incredible rate of speed for several hours.
While we can't independently verify it, rumor has it that this is one of the men seen falling from an American aircraft during the first few days of the evacuation at HKIA.
No American officials or military officers have been held accountable for the massive loss of life that occurred during this humanitarian crisis. Actually, I take that back. One American officer was relieved of command through all of this, and it was because he demanded accountability from his senior leaders in a public forum. He didn't get that accountability, neither did we, and neither did the people of Afghanistan or the American citizens who our government abandoned.
This is the face of desperation. This is just one of the people our government failed to save.
