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ARC-Plan-B Shares Fantastic News: 374 Vulnerable Afghans Evacuated Out of Kabul

  After a long stretch of little news, no news, or bad news from many of the groups trying to get Americans and Afghan allies out of Taliban...

 After a long stretch of little news, no news, or bad news from many of the groups trying to get Americans and Afghan allies out of Taliban territory, Jean Marie Thrower of ARC-Plan-B brings some much-needed good news.

“CNN said the largest group left Kabul with 350. We had 374 people on Sunday.” Thrower shares “a great picture of the reason we are fighting to save our brothers and sisters.”

“This little one made it out on Sunday!” Thrower reports. “Plan B Afghan Rescue Crew, along with other non-governmental organizations, teamed up to evacuate 374 people – many women, children and allied family members. This baby waited since August 15th! And he is the child of a family approved for Special Immigrant Visas.”

Thrower is quick to emphasize that her organization, and all of the other groups helping with evacuations, still have a lot of work to do.


In ordinary times, Thrower runs Supplier Development Systems, her Birmingham, Ala.–based automotive consulting firm. But since the fall of Kabul, and the Taliban’s conquest of Afghanistan, Thrower, who served in the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division as a transportation officer with support of operations in Haiti and Bosnia, has put the rest of her life on hold, working with the Afghan Rescue Crew. The ARC describes itself as a private group of U.S. veterans and civilians volunteering to save as many vetted at-risk Americans and Afghan allies left behind in Afghanistan as possible.

ARC is one of several private groups attempting to get Americans, green-card holders, and Afghan allies out of the country; others include No One Left BehindDigital DunkirkAllied Airlift 21Hearts and Homes for RefugeesSamaritan’s Pursethe “Pineapple Express,” and more. All of them are welcoming donations and other forms of support.

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