After days of uncertainty, Plymouth Quaker Meeting members were happy to hear that an Afghan interpreter they were trying to rescue from Kabul has made his way to safety, writes Jeff Gammage for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Around 25 people gathered in Plymouth Meeting at the Meetinghouse on Sunday to express relief and gratitude for the work that ensured Bashir made it to safety.

“It was an answer to prayer,” said Meeting member Ann Marie Wolf-Schatz. “Everyone’s teamwork, pulling together. Unlikely people pulling together.”

Bashir, 31, worked at the Kandahar airbase with U.S. armed forces for more than a decade. But an error in his paperwork that undercounted his years of service left him stranded.

Meeting members contacted local and state officials to try and rectify the error. Time was of the essence since the Taliban had left Bashir a threatening note that identified him by name.

Thanks to U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean’s office, the error was identified and Bashir was given a password that—after several attempts due to Taliban patrols—got him to the airport and subsequently on the plane to Qatar.

Bashir arrived in Qatar late last week and now at the Al Udeid Air Base in Doha.

Read more about the Afghan interpreter rescue in The Philadelphia Inquirer.