As the United States earlier this week was winding down its presence in Afghanistan in what had been nearly a 20-year war, there are a pair of lasting images which may well have an impact as profound as a U.S. helicopter departing Saigon and a naked girl running in horror through the streets after a South Vietnamese napalm attack.
The desperation is complete. Afghans don’t want to be left behind as US evacuates. pic.twitter.com/efZgNcyzpU
— Richard Engel (@RichardEngel) August 16, 2021
Some Afghanis were so desperate to flee their country that they made ill fated attempts to clutch the tires of U.S. aircraft as they took flight. The result was horrifyingly predictable.
People are reportedly falling from the US military transport plane near #Kabul airport. They were hanging on the plane tires. pic.twitter.com/SzGQ67YK7f
— Ali Özkök (@Ozkok_A) August 16, 2021
When seeing that image, it conjured up the picture of a person free falling from one of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center on 9/11/2001.
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