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At that point, we went back to the emergency hospital, and they were bringing the casualties in there. There was just body after body. It was a really terrible sight, you have tens of thousands of people cramming in from every angle at the same time, this desperate pressure to get the American citizens and others out. So it was really truly a recipe for disaster.

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Matthieu Aikins

Matthieu Aikins

Matthieu Aikins is a journalist and literary non-fiction writer best known for his reporting on the war in Afghanistan. He is a recipient of the George Polk Award, a finalist for the National Magazine Awards, and his writing appeared in the anthology The Best American Magazine Writing 2012.

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