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Hours. you wanted to make sure your family got here safe? >> yes. he says us and that's all. >> reporter: when they get to the front of the line max will have to stay behind as a man of fighting age. his in-laws aren't leaving either. >> it's very difficult. it's so hard. my heart is ripped into pieces. my parents stayed back in kyiv region. i don't know even what is going with them now. it's so scary. >> reporter: ilona with her young daughter and god son in tow fled the heavy shelling of irpin just outside kyiv. >> it it was terrible. and we left only two days ago. sat on the last train. we ...