KABUL, Afghanistan - An American soldier reached over a wall topped with barbed wire Thursday to lift an infant out of the crowd of Afghans desperate to escape the Taliban’s new regime.Onlookers caught the moment on camera.
The video shows someone near the front of the wall hoisting the child up, just within reach of soldiers on top of the wall.A soldier used one arm to stabilize himself above the wire and the other to grab the baby.
He then passed the child to another soldier.RELATED: How to help Afghan refugees: Ways to support those impacted by Taliban takeoverIt is unclear what happened to the child after the troops took procession.