the world watch in horror as a terrorist attack on nairobi s westgate mall on folded. many were still stuck inside with a little communication to the outside. phillip walton was in the u.s., far from his home in kenya, when he learned his wife and children among those in the building. all he could do was wait and pray. here is kate snow. three hours had passed since phillip walton was awakened by a call telling him his family was trapped inside the westgate mall, pinned down by gunfire. he d been on his computer all morning, checking for updates. then suddenly he received a facebook message from a friend with the freeze frame a video.
daughters quiet so they wouldn t attract attention. are you hiding from the gunman? yet, we were laying down on the ground, trying to hide from them so they couldn t see us. portia kept her fingers in her ears. gigi later there and said, mom, my blanket. my mouth, my flashlight. she sleeps with those three things every night. she said she wanted her brothers, and i told her that we see them later. katherine could only hope that was true. half a world away, a phone rang in a hotel in north carolina. katherine s husband, phillip, it tech entrepreneur, gone back to the u.s. for business meetings leaving his wife alone in nairobi with their five kids. i got woken up at about 6 am by a phone call from paul weaver, who is our family friend. i knew it was not good. do you remember what he said? there s an attack going on at west gate and your wife and sons are in there, and they are
husband, phillip, because she knew he was too far away to do anything and knew she d only panic him. back in north carolina, all the lip could do is wait. it was 6 am and news of the attack hadn t hit the u.s. yet. i m trying to imagine the feeling of getting that phone call and being so far away. helplessness is a pretty accurate word. you know, there is nothing you could do. i was worried the girls would scream uncontrollably panicking and drawing attention. exactly what katherine was trying to prevent the girls from doing. i kept telling them to stay little, stay very quiet, and the kenyan that was with portia kept putting her and soothing her. and gigi was curled up in a little ball. her breathing was so quiet and so shallow, i kept rubbing her back, and touching her because i was like, maybe she is hurt
Nathan Fogden misses chance to clinch 4x4 title at home event
14 Apr, 2021 04:46 PM
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Te Puke s Nathan Fogden finished second in the C class at the penultimate round of the 4X4 National Trial held in Rangiuru at the weekend.
Te Puke s Nathan Fogden finished second in the C class at the penultimate round of the 4X4 National Trial held in Rangiuru at the weekend.
Stuart Whitaker is editor of the Te Puke Timesstuart.whitaker@nzme.co.nz
A small mistake on the final hazard of the day had far-reaching effects for Te Puke 4x4 driver Nathan Fogden.
The error cost him and co-driver Mike Gibbons the chance to clinch the C class national title at what was the penultimate round of the BF Goodrich 4x4 National Trial held on John and Jenny Powdrell s rural Te Puke farm on Saturday.
welcome back to dateline. the world watched in horror as the terrorist attack in nairobi s westgate mall unfolded. many were still stuck inside with little communication to the outside. phillip walton was in the u.s. far from his home when he learned his wife and children were among those in the building. all he could do was wait and pray. here s kate snow. 3 hours had passed since phillip walton was awakened by a call telling him his family was trapped inside the westgate mall. pinned down by gunfire. he had been on his computer all morning checking for updates and then suddenly he received a facebook message from a friend with a freeze frame of video and there in the bottom right hand corner was an unmistakable