Overview
- Rep. Nancy Mace traveled to the Middle East after learning a South Carolina family was trapped, then stayed to assist wider evacuations with veteran-led Grey Bull Rescue while coordinating with the State Department to secure an aircraft.
- The charter carried 155 U.S. citizens, including 11 infants, from Israel and landed in Greece late Wednesday, according to statements from Mace and the nonprofit.
- Grey Bull Rescue labeled the flight its 808th mission and says it has helped roughly 591 Americans depart the region since the current hostilities escalated.
- The nonprofit publicly thanked consular teams at the U.S. embassies in Jordan and Jerusalem for assistance to evacuees.
- The State Department reports more than 43,000 Americans have left the Middle East since Feb. 28, with over 27,000 receiving direct U.S. help, and an official cited more than three dozen government-chartered flights.