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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 littl...

Terrorism, or revenge. they think that the russians are targeting this western city because this is a center of patriotism, a lot of soldiers come from this town. they say that this is just retribution by the russians. so, again, that word terrorism we keep using or keep hearing now, that is also the word the ukrainians are using for that strike on that military base in lviv out in the west. you know, because what we've seen in the past couple of days is a new development. the russians starting to hit targets that they hadn't hit before. mostly in the west and in the center of the country, and...

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...

Phillip because she knew he was too far away to do anything and knew she would only panic him. back in north carolina all phillip could do was wait. it was 6:00 a.m. 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's nothing that you can do. i was so worried that the girls would just be screaming uncontr uncontr uncontrolably panicking and drawing attention. >> exactly what catherine was trying to prevent the girls from doing. i kept telling them to st...

>> are you hiding from these gunmen? >> yeah. we were laying down on the ground trying to hide from them so they couldn't see us. porsche kept her fingers in her ears. she said she wanted her brothers. and i told her that we'd see them later. >> catherine could only hope that was true. half a world away, a phone rang in a hotel in north carolina. catherine's husband, phillip, had gone back to the u.s. before business meetings, leaving his wife alone in nairobi with their five kids. >> i got woken up at about 5:00 wpm with a phone call from hur dear family friend, so i knew it was not good. >> ...