'I'm Really Grateful': Afghans Fleeing Taliban Land at Dulles Airport. [View all]
One woman's work with an American nonprofit organization helped her and her family get out of the country.
Dozens of families who fled Afghanistan after the Taliban took control of the country landed on Tuesday at Washington Dulles International Airport.
A Qatar Airways flight arrived at the airport outside Washington, D.C., in the afternoon. Passengers waited to be relocated by the federal government.
An Afghan woman named Bushra was on that flight with her husband and young child.
"I want to take this moment and thank the American people and Afghan people who have lost their lives, and I want to honor both of them. Thank you," Bushra said.
In Afghanistan, Bushra worked for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, an organization that supports people grieving the death of a loved one who was in the military. Once the Taliban seized control of the country, TAPS worked with the State Department to get Bushra and her family on one of the last commercial flights out of the country.
"Oh my gosh. It was, it was beautiful just to know they've arrived in America. They're safe," said Bonnie Carroll, of TAPS.
Bushra worked with Afghan women to make blue bracelets for TAPS, which sold them to support American and Afghan families who lost loved ones in the war.
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