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The Fall of Kabul Anniversary

  We welcome Todd and Shaun’s Pittsburgh neighbor Fakhriya Hashemi to the Scuttlebutt to share her family’s story of living in Afghanistan before, during, and after the Taliban. Fakhriya was an attorney in Kabul, working for a firm that did business with the U.S. Due to her association with American forces, she faced significant danger.

Escape from Saigon, April 1975

Next April 30, will be the 50th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon. Tonight, we share the story of the last plane to leave Saigon, a C-130, which departed Tan Son Nhut Air Base just before North Vietnamese forces took over. The C-130, missing its cargo door, was filled with hundreds of Vietnamese refugees, including

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