How an influencer and army vets raised US$7mil to rescue Afghans


Instagram influencer Tommy Marcus worked with US veterans to help evacuate hundreds of Afghans seeking asylum, raising over RM29.91mil for the cause. — AFP

When Instagram influencer Tommy Marcus read that Kabul had fallen to the Taliban he sprang into action, without knowing that like-minded US veterans were also desperate to do something.

"I was more horrified and disgusted and just wanted to help," recalls the 26-year-old New Yorker, who is known to his 800,000 followers as "Quentin Quarantino."

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