it got underneath our bodies and i couldn't reach it. >> you couldn't text anybody. >> i couldn't text anybody, couldn't get ahold of anybody. >> i was texting her and then no more texting from them. other people started calling me and saying this is really bad. they were seeing pictures of people being killed. >> and she's not responding to you now. >> just down the corridor, another mother struggled to keep her children quiet. >> you are thinking about our survival and thinking will this stop and run to an area where we can be safe. >> she told her children being quiet wasn't enough. she made an incredible decision. they would all play dead. her nine-year-old daughter could understand how important it was to stay still. her son then, too, seemed to sense it as well.