An Oklahoma mother of 11 rescued 10 members of Afghanistan’s all-girls robotics team amid the Taliban’s takeover of the country.
Allyson Reneau, a 60-year-old Harvard University graduate with degrees in international affairs and U.S. space policy, made a call to her former roommate at the U.S. Embassy in Qatar to save the girls from the encroaching Taliban.
She had met the girls in 2019 at a robotics competition, according to KOCO News.
Reneau said she “couldn’t shake” the feeling that the girls were in danger.
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“I remembered my former roommate in D.C. a couple of years ago was transferred to Qatar,” she said. “She said she worked in the U.S. Embassy in Qatar. … She was sure her boss would approve helping the girls.”
Her friend wrote a request while Reneau gathered the girls’ passports.
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It was chaotic trying to rescue the girls, who “were in a sea of chaos with 8 million people and a city halfway around the world,” Reneau said.
“It’s a very narrow window of opportunity,” she said. “I knew that if I didn’t run through that door now — it’s now or never. Sometimes, you only get one chance.”
After their original flight was canceled, 10 girls were placed on a flight from the American side of the Kabul airport.
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Reneau said they were taken to a secure location and will pursue higher education.
