still worried that gunfire would erupt again, faith slowly got up and crept towards the exit with her children. >> i remember even seeing a body lying there on the steps as we ran out. i said i'm focusing on why we were going. there was this policeman, the one carrying my daughter was running too fast and way ahead. the one with my son was lagging and i'm thinking don't separate us. i kept saying my son. my son. >> after all those hours forced to keep her children quiet. they were finally out. >> i'm crying now because i'm finally free. there's tears of joy. >> in hotel room 6,000 miles away in charlotte, phillip walton could only hope his story would have a happy ending. he was coming through news reports he saw on social media. >> i remember one specifically where they said someone had just seem them bring a child's body out in a shopping cart.