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050 00 PK6562.27.A35|bZ98 2023 
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100 1  Zuckoff, Mitchell,|eauthor. 
245 14 The secret gate :|ba true story of courage and sacrifice 
       during the collapse of Afghanistan /|cMitchell Zuckoff. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bRandom House,|c[2023] 
300    316 pages :|billustrations, map ;|c25 cm. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-299) and 
       index. 
505 0  Homeira -- Sam -- Kabul -- Volunteer -- Taliban -- Asad --
       White scarves -- Glory gate -- Wolves -- Abbey gate -- 
       Last chance -- Final sprint -- "Run, Homeira!" -- Epilogue
       : After glory. 
520    "When the U.S. began its withdrawal from Afghanistan and 
       the Afghan Army instantly collapsed, Homeira Qaderi was 
       marked for death at the hands of the Taliban. A celebrated
       author, academic, and champion for women's liberation, 
       Homeira had achieved celebrity in her home country by 
       winning custody of her son in a contentious divorce, a 
       rarity in Afghanistan's patriarchal society. Homeira tried
       and failed to escape with her family through the turmoil 
       of the Kabul airport, while evacuation planes departed 
       without Homeira and her eight-year-old son, Siawash. 
       Meanwhile, young foreign service officer from New Jersey 
       named Sam Aronson was enjoying a brief vacation between 
       assignments when chaos descended upon Afghanistan. Sam 
       immediately volunteered his services in the evacuation and
       got on a plane to Kabul. As he frantically raced to help 
       rescue the more than 100,000 Americans and their Afghan 
       helpers stranded in Kabul, Sam learned that the CIA had 
       established a secret entrance into the Kabul Airport, two 
       miles away from the desperate crowds crushing toward the 
       gates. He started bringing families directly through, 
       personally rescuing as many as fifty-two people in a 
       single day. On the last day of the evacuation, Sam was 
       contacted by Homeira's literary agent, who persuaded him 
       to help her escape. He needed to risk his life to get 
       Homeira and Siawash through the gate in the final hours 
       before it closed forever. He borrowed night-vision goggles
       and enlisted a Dari-speaking colleague and two heavily 
       armed security contract "shooters." He contacted Homeira 
       with a burner phone, and they used a flashlight code 
       signal borrowed from boyhood summer camp. Homeira broke 
       Sam's rules and withstood his profanities. They braved 
       gunfire by Afghan Army soldiers anxious about the restive 
       crowds outside the airport. Ultimately, they had to leave 
       behind their family and everything young Siawash had ever 
       known."--|cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 Qādirī, Ḥumayrā,|d1979 or 1980- 
647  7 Afghan War|d(2001-2021)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01695175 
648  7 2001-2021|2fast 
650  0 Afghan War, 2001-2021|xEvacuation of civilians|vBiography.
650  0 Women authors, Afghan|vBiography. 
650  0 Mothers and sons|zAfghanistan|vBiography. 
650  7 Mothers and sons.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01027007 
650  7 Women authors, Afghan.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01910341 
651  7 Afghanistan.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01205406 
655  7 Biographies.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01919896 
655  7 Biographies.|2lcgft 
776 08 |iOnline version:|aZuckoff, Mitchell.|tSecret gate|dNew 
       York : Random House, [2023]|z9780593594865|w(DLC)  
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