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It was something else. >> he knew he had to protect himself. and more than that, he knew he was responsible for his younger brother. you grabbed your brother? >> yeah. >> as fast as you could? >> yeah. and just ran. >> were you pushing him? >> yes. >> you didnt want him to see it? >> no. >> thats hard for -- it would be hard for me a grown-up. at 14, thats pretty darn hard. >> it really is. >> blaise clutching his brother ian, raced away from the gunfire with just one thought. >> i just thought ...

That crowd. so, thanks to her we were still alive. >> the walton boys were holed up in the back room when eventually police were able to break down a door and get people out. the security camera shows the chaos and the crowd after being released. look closely, theres blaise in his redshirt and ian with his backpack, free after three and a half hours of being trapped. relief washed over phillip walton when he saw his boys in the image his friend sent him. at least his sons were okay. >> i remembe...

>> the walton chose to move to kenya two years ago from texas. four katherine and phillip it, was like going home. they were both children of missionaries and grew up in countries in west africa. they met in boarding school in africa, married in the states, and started raising their family. at the time of the attack, blaise was 14 years old, ian ten, portia, four and gigi, too. and petra, the baby, 13 months old, was born in kenya. their morning at the mall unfolded just as any families might. t...

His two sons alive and outside the mall. >> it was my two sons standing with my business partner. who is a very big, very noticeable man. >> paul weaver raced down to the malaria and confirm the picture was real. the boys were out. >> just seeing them. i dont think theres any bigger hugs in the world. it was joy but, at the same time seeing the anguish in their face. and blaise just sat on the floor and lay his head down. it was just all the emotions coming through. it was one of the greatest mo...

>> when you were there, i know if it were me i wouldve been really really scared. were you pretty pretty scared? >> my brother and me prayed for our family and just laid there. >> they lay their and listened. >> and every once in a while we would hear gunfire, grenade sounds. and at one point, these people came and said were the police. its okay. >> the gunfire the walton boys had been hearing briefly pause. those voices identifying themselves as police were encouraging people to come out. aroun...

Family friend, had been at home recovering from surgery when he got an urgent text from catherine. >> what time to the first must come in? >> it came in at 12:52. >> what does she say? >> she said pray, shooting in west gate, hiding. >> thats a message. >> it blew me away. erode her back, really? she said, yes, i dont know where the boys are. she said find blaise. >> paul texted thes oldest son blaise, but he didnt answer. >> i started looking on the internet. someone put out a statement of face...

Separated. >> thats a call you dont want to make. >> paul weaver, the walton family friend, had been at home recovering from surgery when he got an urgent text from catherine. >> what time to the first must come in? >> it came in at 12:52. >> what does she say? >> she said pray, shooting in west gate, hiding. >> thats a message. >> it blew me away. erode her back, really? she said, yes, i dont know where the boys are. she said find blaise. >> paul texted thes oldest son blaise, but he didnt answ...

Home and have naps and everybody would be happy. >> the walton chose to move to kenya two years ago from texas. four katherine and phillip it, was like going home. they were both children of missionaries and grew up in countries in west africa. they met in boarding school in africa, married in the states, and started raising their family. at the time of the attack, blaise was 14 years old, ian ten, portia, four and gigi, too. and petra, the baby, 13 months old, was born in kenya. their morning a...

And there, in the bottom right hand corner was an unmistakable sight. his two sons alive and outside the mall. >> it was my two sons standing with my business partner. who is a very big, very noticeable man. >> paul weaver race down to the malaria and confirm the picture was real. the boys were out. >> just seeing them. i dont think theres any bigger hugs in the world. it was joy by, at the same time seeing the anguish in their face. and blaise just sat on the floor and lay his head down. it was...

She told us what to do every step of the way. without her i think me and my brother wouldve gone out with a crowd. so, thanks to her we were still alive. >> the walton boys were holed up in the back room when eventually police were able to break down a door and get people out. the security camera shows the chaos and the crowd after being released. look closely, theres blaise in his redshirt and ian with his backpack, free after three and a half hours of being trapped. relief washed over phillip ...