shabir's friends knew he had only one option left. >> called shabir and i said shabir, i, this is really hard but you need to take whatever you have right now and you need to get to the airport as soon as possible. >> reporter: in kabul, shabir at first thought caleb was joking >> wait, they are serious. get to the airport with my family and it took me a few minutes to process. but then i said already, i am ready but how to tell this to my family. >> reporter: shabir managed to convince his parents and five younger siblings that they needed to leave immediately. shabir's friends in america knew he needed help to get through the gates at the airport the scene there, utter chaos so caleb and barrett started working their contacts made at west point who are you calling? who are you texting? >> we got some random numbers that started coming through from our contacts and we were cold calling and saying we have this guy you need to get him lew. >> so you are texting back and forth. >> i was panicking it was tough i had my family. i brought them to a situation where the crowd would just shove.

shabir's friends in america knew he needed help to get through the gates at the airport. the scene there, utter chaos, so caleb and barrett started working their contacts made at west point. >> who are you calling? who are you text something. >> we got random numbers that started coming through from our contacts and we were cold calling them, and saying we have this guy, we need to get him through. >> you're texting back and forth with caleb and barrett, what are they saying to you and what are you saying to them. >> i was panicking. it was tough. i had my family, i brought them to a situation where the crowd would just shove, and i had my younger siblings, a sister-in-law who was pregnant. >> aware that soldiers from the afghan army were about to shoot into the air to disburse crowds, his american friends texted to use that opportunity to get to the gate. while everyone else ran, he and his family were escorted to safety. >> during this moment, i was thinking movies are real because i was experiencing it. there is a single metal fence, and once you cross that, there's a