plain clothesed police came to the door and let everyone know they were safe and reopened the door from the inside. they led us down a safe exit out to the parking lot. those people were heros and absolutely saved our lives and the lives of so many people at the mall. my wife as well. she never would have made it off the roof of the mall if it weren t for two plain clothesed police if they didn t secure the way down for them. she was rescued before you were? yeah, probably maybe an hour or so before i was. nick, i m so glad you and your wife and your daughter are okay. and thank you so much for talking to me. absolutely. thank you very much. scary stuff. let us know what you think. follow me on twitter. just ahead, more on the terror
weapons. some were dressed as women. american nick handler was at the westgate mall with his 2-year-old daughter and his 8 month pregnant wife was on another floor. three hours after the first shots were fired, they were finally reunited. all of a sudden heard a loud explosion followed by two gunshots, and i immediately grabbed her and luckily i was right by the door so we were able to sprint out. reporter: u.s. officials say it is one of the only al qaeda affiliates to recruit here in the u.s. they say there have been 50 american recruits, half from the minneapolis/st. paul area. i think it is surprising anytime you find out middle america has become a hot bed for terrorist recruiting. reporter: at the united nations, president obama pledged full u.s. support to kenya. all of us, as an international community have to stand against this kind of senseless violence that these kinds of groups represent. reporter: terrorism experts say what happened this kenya on saturday could
found you? after three hours, a bunch of plain clothes police came to the door and let everyone know they were safe and reopened the door from the inside. they let us down a safe exit out to the parking lot. those people were heros and absolutely saved our lives and the lives of so many people at the mall. my wife as well. she never would have made it off the roof if it weren t for two plain clothes police if they didn t secure the way down. she was rescued before you were? yeah, probably maybe an hour or so before i was. nick, i m so flood and you your wife and daughter are okay and thank you so much for talking to me. iay, absolutely. thank you very much. scary stuff. let us know if you follow me on twitter. just ahead, more on the terror
terror networks and something we have been hearing from the kenyan foreign minster and they believe the attack is not just al shabaab. this is part of al qaeda and a broader terror network. the they realized what they lost when they lost that. extraordinary territorial when they lost that territorial footprint in somalia and this is part of their fight back. they are trying to show not only that al shabaab is still in the game and it s still capable of putting on this complexity and magnitude but that al qaeda is still in the game here. all right. appreciate the reporting. the terrorist clearly timed their attack on the shopping mall for maximum impact. they struck around noon on saturday when the mall was certain to be packed. an ordinary weekend shattered by bullets and panic. nick handler, an american who works in kenya was at a cafe in the mall with his toddler daughter and his pregnant wife
with grenades and automatic weapons. some were dressed as women. american nick handler was at the westgate mall with his 2-year-old daughter and his 8 month pregnant wife was on another floor. three hours after the first shots were fired, they were finally reunited. all of a sudden heard a loud explosion followed by two gunshots, and i immediately grabbed her and luckily i was right by the door so we were able to sprint out. reporter: u.s. officials say it is one of the only al qaeda affiliates to recruit here in the u.s. they say there have been 50 american recruits, half from the minneapolis/st. paul area. i think it is surprising anytime you find out middle america has become a hot bed for terrorist recruiting. reporter: at the united nations, president obama pledged full u.s. support to kenya. all of us, as an international community have to stand against this kind of senseless violence that these kinds of groups represent. reporter: terrorism experts say what happened