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Escape from Kabul

That was the first moment that I thoughtI was going to die

That was the first moment that I thought
I was going to die

Full Transcript

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- That was the first moment
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that I thought I was going to die.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:46
Uploaded
Apr 29, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
Amos Pictures,ARTE,HBO Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

Features never-before-seen archival footage of the historic confrontation at Kabul airport, from the U.S. withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan through the subsequent evacuation of Afghan citizens after the Taliban seized the ...
The threat of a suicide bomber - Escape from Kabul 00:09
The threat of a suicide bomber
Could have easily taken all of us out in an instant. - Escape from Kabul 00:05
Could have easily taken all of us out in an instant.
[gunfire] - Escape from Kabul 00:08
[gunfire]
- Then a C-17 comes in, - Escape from Kabul 00:13
- Then a C-17 comes in,
There's just mass hysteria. - Escape from Kabul 00:24
There's just mass hysteria.
[people yelling] - Escape from Kabul 00:10
[people yelling]
- That's the beacon of hope and freedom to them. - Escape from Kabul 00:05
- That's the beacon of hope and freedom to them.
And so now it's the long kilometer-and-a-half run back, - Escape from Kabul 00:06
And so now it's the long kilometer-and-a-half run back,
You need to get these people off." - Escape from Kabul 00:12
You need to get these people off."
The people are just all around it, - Escape from Kabul 00:09
The people are just all around it,
And he finally looked over like this, - Escape from Kabul 00:14
And he finally looked over like this,
- The people kind of climbed on the airplane. - Escape from Kabul 00:11
- The people kind of climbed on the airplane.
And as, you know, we're kind of at each other's throats-- - Escape from Kabul 00:12
And as, you know, we're kind of at each other's th...
[plane engine roaring] - Escape from Kabul 00:08
[plane engine roaring]
- That kind of deflated the entire situation. - Escape from Kabul 00:04
- That kind of deflated the entire situation.
Maybe some of the people on the ground there realized, - Escape from Kabul 00:33
Maybe some of the people on the ground there realized,
[people clamoring] - Escape from Kabul 00:13
[people clamoring]
"Okay, this is a host nation force - Escape from Kabul 00:09
"Okay, this is a host nation force
It was dark at this point, - Escape from Kabul 00:08
It was dark at this point,
[indistinct chatter] - Escape from Kabul 00:17
[indistinct chatter]