IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y. — For the family of Yasin Daulat, a pizza party at Irondequoit Public Library was a long time in the making.

“Sometimes there are angels that come out of nowhere,” said Yasin.

Angels that Daulat’s family wanted to thank in person.

Yasin came to America when he was 7, while many family members remained in their native Afghanistan.

“The situation is not good. It’s very hard," said Yasin's sister Muzdah Daulat. "In Afghanistan does not have food, doesn’t have job. The woman is not allowed to work. It’s not good.”

It was a bad situation that family members here needed to fix.

“Having to be here in America and having to know I have family literally on the opposite side, in a war-torn country, I want to do as much as I can to bring them all safely here," Yasin said.

That's where the library came into play.

Director Greg Benoit met Yasin the day the Afghan government began to fall to Taliban forces.

“Yasin was in the library in our computer lab with his family, desperately trying to print off a number of immigration documents that they were going to use to try to help their family living in Afghanistan immigrate here to the United States," Benoit said.

Library staff asked Benoit to give the family additional access to the computer lab and a meeting room so they could fill out the paperwork needed to bring relatives here.

“The process is really hectic," said Yasin.

In the following days, they printed out 400 pages of paperwork.

“They said even if one small thing had an error filing the papers, we’d have to start the whole process again," Yasin said.

In the following months, Daulat’s relatives took a leap of faith, fleeing Afghanistan for Pakistan while everyone waited.

“And I have to say this is the most incredible and inspirational thing that I've had the privilege of being a part of,” Benoit said.

Last month, there was a reunion at Rochester's airport. Three family members arrived at their new home, now safe from their old one.

“Everyone was excited. I was excited," said Yasin. "We just saved the family.”

And that’s the story behind the party, to let the staff at the Irondequoit Public Library know how much they’re appreciated for a life-changing gesture.

“Our involvement in this was small and humble, but what Yasin did with it was rescue three people who probably would perhaps still be in some very dire circumstances if he hadn't come here and spoken up and asked for help," said Benoit.

“I could just see from their face, their happiness, that everything that they went through — now that they’re in America they’re safe," Yasin said.