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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 didn t want him to see it? no. that s hard for it would be hard for me a grown-up. at 14, that s pretty darn hard. it really is. blaise clutching his brother ian, raced away from the gunfire with just one thought. i just thought ian first, save him. me second. you headed towards the back of the store? other people at that time were rushing back so we followed the crowd. they made it to a store room at the back of the store. others were hiding their too, including an american mother with her own kids. without katherine to comfort them, the boys stayed with that mother. blaise hoped they were far ....
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, there s 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 remember thinking at that time, at least i won t be alone. i remember thinking, however this a day is at least the boys and i will have each other if it turns out worse than we would hope or imagine. his wife, katherine, was still trapped under that tiny ....
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. they had lunch together on the third floor food court. after lunch, the boys decided to race down to the first floor to a big department store. sort of like a super walmart. mom and the three young girls were still finishing up lunch, so they lagged behind. as they were walking through the mall to catch up with the boys, with the baby in a sling, and the two toddlers holding mom s hands. it happened. ....
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 don t think there s 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 moments and one of the saddest moments at the same time. a joyful moment for phillip, knowing his boys were family safe. but to brief because he knew his wife and three young daughters were still trapped in that mall. the walton boys blaise and ian, had endured feet three and a half hours in the most dangerous area. in the department store where terrorists hunted down innocent victims. terrifying for anyone, but ....
when you were there, i know if it were me i would ve 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. it s okay. the gunfire the walton boys had been hearing briefly pause. those voices identifying themselves as police were encouraging people to come out. around him, blaise heard people start moving. they walked out and in about 15 seconds you just heard loud machine gunfire for about 30 seconds. and then it was just quiet. so it was the bad guys luring them out? so you stayed where you were. yeah, the lady we were with she told us what to do every step of the way. without her i think me and my brother would ve gone out with ....