Ron, so tough to see the pictures, especially of the children, ron allen, starting our broadcast off tonight. And one person was inside the mall, meeting a friend for lunch when the attack began. She is now back home safely in this country, and described to nbc tom costello about her harrowing ordeal, and how she lived to tell about it. Nice to see it. You survived. How do you feel . At Dulles Airport this afternoon, this american was finally back home. Its okay, its okay. Its okay. Reporter a harvardtrained lawyer with the world bank, bendita was in kenya having lunch with a friend when terrorists ran in. And then all of a sudden there was this explosion, and everybody like hits the floor. And we hear machine guns. And it was maybe ten seconds later, still trying to crawl out. It was a second explosion. But when they first came in, they were just shooting. I mean, they were not asking any questions, they were just shooting. Reporter crawling away from the gunfire, bendita and her frie
Terrifying view after the attack. Inside, the Security Forces respond to the attack. Helping the shoppers escape, hands in the air to show they are unarmed. It is eerily quiet in the mall, american music, with the singer bruno mars. A family, playing dead to avoid harm, afraid to move. The plain clothes officer reaches them and reassures them. Carrying the child, he helps them to safety. This morning, three days after the attack, Government Forces searched for any remaining militants. A mopup operation, they called it, after days of terror, late today, kenyans president addressed the nations. We have been badly hurt and feel great pain and loss. But we have been brave, united and strong. Kenya has stared down evil and triumphed. Reporter triumphed, but at a terrible cost. More than 60 dead, most of them civilians, with unaccounted bodies still inside the mall where three floors collapsed during the government operation to retake the fourstory complex. The West Gate Mall in west nairobi
Good evening, tonight, thankfully, it is all over now. The siege inside that upscale Shopping Mall in nairobi, kenya, has finally been put down. It attracted the attention and of course the sadness of people around the world. The kenyan government puts the death toll at 61 civilians and six members of their own security force. They have cautioned the death toll may rise because there was a partial Building Collapse inside the structure. Theres a possibility more bodies could be discovered. Well, tonight we have a new view of what it looked like at the height of it inside the Shopping Mall. And we hear from an American Woman who just arrived back in this country today having survived the attack. We begin tonight with our correspondent, ron allen, in nairobi, ron, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. Kenyas president said he could not confirm reports that three americans and a british citizen were among them. Nbc has exclusive new video of the first terrifying moments after the at
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