Friday, September 27, 2013

The Incredible Story Of A Kenyan Armed With Only A Pistol Who Saved Hundreds Of Lives In The Nairobi Mall Massacre

Portia Walton is helped to escape by Abdul Haji GORAN TOMASEVIC/REUTERS

Revealed: American Family Rescued By Hero Of Attack On Nairobi's Westgate Mall -- The Telegraph

Exclusive: American family the Waltons have told how they were rescued from the siege at Nairobi's Westgate mall by a man who has been hailed a hero. Aislinn Laing reports.

Faced with a long afternoon trapped in the house with her five children last Saturday, Katherine Walton decided on a quick excursion – a trip to Nairobi's popular Westgate Mall.

On arriving together, her two teenage boys briefly went ahead with Mrs Walton following with her three daughters including four-year-old Portia.

Four hours later, the family lay pinned to the ground opposite the supermarket where they did their weekly shop as gunmen hurled grenades and sprayed bullets just yards from them.

"We were just going to meet my two older boys in the supermarket when we heard an explosion," said Mrs Walton, a 38-year-old IT worker from North Carolina who moved to Kenya with her husband Philip and their children two years ago.

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Update: Hero of mall massacre revealed: Selfless Muslim civilian who rushed INTO terror and saved life of U.S. girl, 4, and her family -- Daily Mail

My Comment: A riveting .... and a definite must read story. The below video is also a must see.

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