Lionel Rosenblatt, tireless refugee advocate who aided Vietnam evacuees, dies at 82

Lionel Rosenblatt, a diplomat and longtime leader of Refugees International, died at 82; famed for challenging his State Department superiors, he personally traveled to Asia to aid displaced people and helped evacuate hundreds from Vietnam, including taking one of the last commercial flights to Saigon before its fall, and later led humanitarian work around the world.