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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 werent for two plain clothesed police if they didnt secure the way down for them. >> she was rescued before you were? >> yeah, probably maybe an hour or s...

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...

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 its still capable of putting on this complexity and magnitude ...

Finance. you get a sense that the global 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. they realized what they lost when they lost that. 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 its still capable of putting on this complexity and al...

Who escaped. nick handler was in a cafe with his 2-year-old daughter. >> all of a sudden heard a loud explosion, followed by a few gunshots, and i just immediately grabbed her and ran across the mall. >> at the same time, his wife lindsey was eight months pregnant. she was one floor down. she hid in a movie theater and was eventually rescued. the white house is under pressure to ramp up counterterrorism efforts against al shabaab. that is the al qaeda-linked group behind the deadly attack in k...