Painful Goodbyes, Midnight Helicopters, and a Surreal Zoo Trip: Reporter J.p. Lawrence ’14 on His Final Days Before Being Evacuated from Kabul
Stars and Stripes reporter J.p. Lawrence prepares to board a helicopter and head to the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 14, 2021. (Phillip Walter Wellman/Stars and Stripes)
Bard alumnus, U.S. Army veteran, and Stars and Stripes reporter J.p. Lawrence ’14 recalls his hurried evacuation from Kabul. “We loaded into Chinooks, forming an aerial bridge of helicopters from the embassy to the city’s airport just a few miles away. As we flew over the capital, I imagined how left behind the city’s people must have felt, to constantly hear the beating rotors of the foreigners leaving as fast as possible.”
Post Date: 08-29-2021
Post Date: 08-29-2021