TAMPA VOLUNTEERS RESCUE NEARLY 50 AMERICANS FROM AFGANISTAN
December 19, 2021
TAMPA, Fla. - Forty-seven American citizens and lawful permanent residents of the U.S. landed in New York Sunday morning after being evacuated from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan by a group of volunteers from Tampa, according to Project Dynamo.
Project Dynamo, which is made up of current and former military members, sent a team to Afghanistan last week and claims it is the first group of Americans to put boots on the ground and conduct a rescue operation in Afghanistan since the U.S. government abandoned the country of Afghanistan in August.
The volunteers took the Americans being rescued to a safe house at an undisclosed location near the capital city of Kabul, where the evacuees were given all necessary vaccinations, food, water, shelter, and COVID-19 PCR tests, before loading vehicles to Kabul International Airport escorted by the Project DYNAMO team.
On Friday afternoon, some of the U.S. evacuees and volunteers boarded two planes in Kabul, which were paid for by Berry Aviation, an American charter airline based in Texas. A third plane left the country with more evacuees and another volunteer on Saturday morning.
"Our mission has always been closely tied to supporting the warfighter where and when they need us," said Stan Finch, president of Berry Aviation, Inc. "Given the conditions on the ground in the region, we didn’t want to leave behind any of our fellow Americans and allies. We’re immensely proud to partner with Project DYNAMO and help bring some of the last Americans and permanent residents in Afghanistan to safety."