Connecticut lawmakers, like Gov.
Ned Lamont and Sen. Chris Murphy, stated that the 13 U.S. service members who
died in Thursday's attack outside the Kabul airport sacrificed their lives to
protect innocent lives.
Rep. Jim Himes say he does not
believe the Aug. 31 deadline to get U.S. troops out of Afghanistan is feasible
due to the amount of people that still needed to be evacuated. He says
the recent attacks exposed a weakness in
the government's procedures.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal tells News 12 he wants to keep U.S. troops and
personnel in Afghanistan as long as necessary to evacuate all American citizens
and Afghan allies.
News 12's Shosh Bedrosian also talks to Fairfield resident Alex Plitsas, who served in Afghanistan in 2012. He is now working to get American citizens and allies evacuated through his connections and says the U.S. government miscalculated the amount of people wanting to leave.