Alyssa Ramos’ evacuation from Kuwait took 48 hours and took her across four continents. The US government did not help at all, the travel blogger said.
“They keep making the news and saying they are doing everything they can to get rid of the Americans,” Ramos said after landing in Miami on Thursday. “I know for a fact it isn’t.”
He said he repeatedly sent messages to the US embassy in Kuwait before being directed to the embassy, which told him it could not help him leave the country and advised him to enroll in the US smart travel and housing program.
Ramos is among the many travelers who found themselves stranded in the Middle East and elsewhere after the attacks by Israel and the United States against Iran almost a week ago surrounded more than ten neighboring countries. Since then, US citizens have expressed frustration and growing fear as they faced closed airports, canceled flights and US government guidelines as Poland, Australia, France and other countries rushed to send military or chartered planes to their citizens.
As of Friday, about 27,000 Americans have returned to the United States since the war began on February 28, the State Department said. Most of them made their own way without the help of the American government.
Chicago resident Susan Daley, who was stranded while on a business trip to the United Arab Emirates, arrived in the United States on Thursday on the first commercial flight from Dubai to San Francisco since the conflict began.
