Life and Death at Abbey Gate
The Fall of Afghanistan and the Operation to Save our Allies

A true testament to the possibility of miracles through grit, and the resilience of a few determined Americans who refuse to quit despite obstacle and nearly impossible odds on a personal mission to save the lives of U.S. allies and their families. Former U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Mikael Cook shows u......more

Mar 2025- “A few yards left or right, a few minutes before or after, the right color document at the right time; the hand of fate dealt some cruel cards at Abbey Gate.” The events of Operation Allies Refuge in Afghanistan in 2021 cut deep for me and probably every other Marine who had brothers there.......more

This is the tale of Mikaels' participation in the Digital Dunkirk. The hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan left tens of thousands of Afghan allies and their families in imminent danger from the Taliban. Mikael could not sit by idly while the friends he made overseas were abandoned. He took a hands-on......more

Cook’s story of working to secure the survival of our Afghan friends and families, Afghans that put their names and lives on the line to keep Americans safe, had me up all night. As quickly as the coverage of the war in 2021 ended, so did our shameful State Department’s “care” of its obligations and......more

This is an amazing story but the book is incorrectly titled. Only a couple of chapters cover the actual incident at Abby Gate. The rest of the book covers the herculean efforts to save allies and afghan civilians is one not to be missed. Very much worth the time to read.......more