Four years after Abbey Gate, veterans who saved civilians demand accountability

I carry the faces of the Afghan women we were able to rescue, and I carry the faces of those we couldn’t," Geist said. Led by Scott Mann – a retired Green Beret – Pineapple came about as a visual password saved on phones used by the group to safely transport hundreds of Afghan interpreters and families through Taliban-controlled areas until they could reach Hamid Karzai International Airport – in a similar construct to the abolition-era Underground Railroad. "[It] was a citizen-liaison network focused on working with the [Pentagon] – only marginally better [than Foggy Bottom] to help honor the promise of facilitating safe passage, resettlement and reintegration by leveraging our relationships around the world," Redman said.