catherine walton was still in her makeshift hiding spot on the main floor of the mall. an hour into the attack she was still trying to keep her three restless daughters contained under that flimsy table, their only protection from the roaming gunmen. it was a job that got harder as the mall got quieter. there was a lull. and petra picked up the phone and was playing with it and then gigi was trying to take it away from her. and then the shooting started again. one of them threw the phone and 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. for a couple of hours there i was texting her and then no more texting from them. other people started calling me and saying this is really bad. we ve seen pictures of people being killed. and she s not responding to you now. no. reporter: just down the corridor, another mother struggled to keep her children quiet. i m here thinking about our survi
scooped up portia, and we both ran right behind this display table, display cabinet. reporter: catherine, her girls and the kenyan woman took place the only place they could. here they are crouching under a flimsy temporary display table. petra was crying because i was laying on her and it was loud, very loud. very chaotic. what was happening around you? what are you hearing? everybody was scrambling and the shooting was like coming from all directions. reporter: catherine knew her boys had been headed toward that department store. amid all the noise and commotion she managed to call them and yell out a quick warning. i said don t come out. they re shooting. go, run, hide. do not come out. reporter: catherine knew the situation was dangerous, extremely dangerous, but at least she had some cover. faith and her kids were also
you know their intent is to try and disrupt our way of life in kenya. you know, it s the realities of what that could mean are very present. he had no way of knowing whether his family was alive or not, no way of knowing that soon some of his prayers would be answered. coming up, phillip and catherine s sons are trapped in the most violent part of the mall, and a 14-year-old realizes it is up to him to protect his younger brother. i just thought, ian first, save him, me second. when dateline continues. it s the most wonderful time of the year non-drowsy claritin-d. knocks out your worst allergy symptoms including nasal congestion. without knocking you out. feel the clarity and make today the most wonderful time of the year. claritin-d.
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