‘Operation Big Bird’: How CEO saved lives of ‘Sesame Street’ team in Afghanistan after Taliban seized control of wartorn nation
New York City Society ‘Operation Big Bird’: How CEO saved lives of ‘Sesame Street’ team in Afghanistan after Taliban seized control of wartorn nation By Oli Coleman Published June 13, 2026, 4:44 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Page Six has learned that a media CEO worked 48 hours straight to rescue a busful of “Sesame Street” cast and crew who were stranded in Kabul when the US pulled out of Afghanistan in 2021.
- ▪New York City Society ‘Operation Big Bird’: How CEO saved lives of ‘Sesame Street’ team in Afghanistan after Taliban seized control of wartorn nation By Oli Coleman Published June 13, 2026, 4:44 a.m.
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- ▪Page Six has learned that a media CEO worked 48 hours straight to rescue a busful of “Sesame Street” cast and crew who were stranded in Kabul when the US pulled out of Afghanistan in 2021.
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New York City Society ‘Operation Big Bird’: How CEO saved lives of ‘Sesame Street’ team in Afghanistan after Taliban seized control of wartorn nation By Oli Coleman Published June 13, 2026, 4:44 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add Page Six on Google You can count on her. Page Six has learned that a media CEO worked 48 hours straight to rescue a busful of “Sesame Street” cast and crew who were stranded in Kabul when the US pulled out of Afghanistan in 2021. Exec Sherrie Westin was credited with singlehandedly saving her team’s lives in the feat, later dubbed “Operation Big Bird,” it has been revealed. 4 Sherrie Westin speaks at the Literacy Partners 40th Annual Gala at Pier Sixty in NYC on June 8, 2026.
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