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lots of screaming. lots of gunfire. they had a demeanor like they owned the place. panicked moms protecting their kids. i just kepting telling them to be quiet, like a mouse. kids forced to protect one another. you grabbed your brother. yeah, and just run. from out of the blue a hero. she starts running. could he rescue the very smallest of victims? when portia got up and ran, did you have a moment where you thought, oh, my god? hello and welcome to dateline. new ton, orlando, las vegas. it seems like mass shootings have become all too frequent in the u.s. and overseas at a mall in nairobi, kenya, masked assailants carried out an even deadlier attack. it was an otherwise normal saturday afternoon of shopping, but gunman turned it into a scene of bedlam and bloodshed. but what also emerged were remarkable stories of courage and survival. here s kate snow. it s the modern day town square, a gathering place that fulfills our every need, shopping, ....
This stop and run to an area where it s safe. reporter: but there was nowhere else for faith and her children to go. 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. amazingly her son too seemed to sense it as well. he didn t move except for an occasional blink. men with machine guns scoured every inch of the mall. we were right next to a corridor where we could hear them passing from time to time. but there was no way to change my position. reporter: the minutes dragged into hours, knowing her son might stir at any minute, faith was relieved when he dozed off for a bit. he was lying there on the ground snoring away. i didn t know if he was alive. one eye was shut, the other one was open, an unusual way to sleep. reporter: hot, cramped with numb limbs, faith urged her kids to fight the need to move. ....
Amazingly, her son, then 2, seemed to sense it as well. he didn t move except for an occasional blink. men with machine guns scoured every inch of the mall. we were right next to a corridor where we could hear them passing from time to time but there was no way i was going to change my position. as the minutes drag into hours, knowing her son might stir at any moment, faith was relieved when he dozed off for a bit. he was lying there on the ground snoring away. i didn t know whether he was alive because one eye was shut and the other was open. an unusual way to sleep. hot, cramped with numb limbs, she urged her kids to fight the need to move. my daughter, whenever i felt she was twitching or changing position, i would just squeeze a little bit and she took that to mean stay still. but then 2-year-old ty woke up. faith wondered how much longer ....