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‘We just got 70 kids and 30 adults to safety’: How an ad hoc group rescued thousands of the Afghans left behind

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Lt. Alex Cornell du Houx has dodged a sniper's aim, rocket fire and a roadside bomb. His greatest challenge? Helping Afghans escape the Taliban.

      
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