The Post, however - through an examination of financial records, emails, text messages, recordings of calls and interviews with 10 people connected to Flyaway - discovered that no Afghans have been pulled from the country on flights that were chartered by Marcus’s group.įlyaway has reportedly put $3.3 million towards flights for Afghans that were ultimately canceled. Marcus has not received any refunds. Marcus wrote on the group’s GoFundMe page that “We want to be clear: EVERY SINGLE NICKEL of everything raised will go to either pay for flights, or support these humans through various non-profits.” He said they “will be running flights until they tell us we can’t anymore.” Marcus, 26, in less than two tweets had raised more than $7.2 million after asking his 690,000 Instagram followers to donate money to help evacuate Afghan citizens amid the Taliban’s takeover of the country. The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that, following an in-depth examination, “Operation Flyaway,” which is headed by Instagram star Tommy Marcus, who posts as “Quentin Quarantino,” was not as successful as it was made out to be. An Instagram star reportedly struggled to effectively use the more than $7 million he had raised to help evacuate Afghan civilians amid the Taliban’s takeover of the country.
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