NBC晚间新闻 美国人描述悲惨的肯尼亚商场逃生（在线收听）

American describes harrowing Kenya mall escape

美国人描述悲惨的肯尼亚商场逃生

After avoiding both gunfire and grenades, Bendita Malakia has finally arrived back home following her ordeal at the Kenya mall where terrorists killed dozens of civilians. She hid for five hours until an American security team showed up and rescued her and the group of people she was hiding with. NBC’s Tom Costello reports.

Bendita Malakia在躲开了机枪和手榴弹后，在肯尼亚一处商场经历过磨难过后终于回到了家。恐怖分子在商场中杀害了几十名平民。她躲了五小时，直到一支美国安全队出现将她与跟她一起躲着的一群人救出。NBC的Tom Costello报道。

And tonight as we said we are hearing from an American survivor who was inside the mall, meeting with a friend for lunch when the attack began. She is now back home safely in this country where she described to NBC's Tom Costello about her harrowing ordeal, and how she made it out there and lived to tell about it.

Nice to see it. You survived. How do you feel? At dulles airport this afternoon, American Bendita Malakia was finally back home.

It's okay, it's okay. It's okay.

reporter: A Harvard-trained lawyer with the world bank, Bendita was in Kenya having lunch in a mall on Saturday when terrorists suddenly budged in.

And then all of a sudden there was this explosion, and everybody like hits the floor. And we hear machine guns. And it was maybe ten seconds later, still trying to crawl out. It was a second explosion. But when they first came in, they were just shooting. I mean, they were not asking any questions, they were just shooting.

reporter: Crawling away from the gunfire, Bendita and her friend made it to an employee break room in a nearby store and waited with 15 other people. Their only defense, a fire distinguisher.

Listening to the terrorists in a store once more above them.

And then we would just hear some talking, like random things, like christian, muslim, and then people would respond or scream, don't shoot, and then you would hear some people walk and some people get shot.

reporter: For five hours they hid, listening to the gunfire, Bendita texted her father, please pray, I love you all very much.

You just feel so helpless, you know? And then out of nowhere she says, an American security team showed up.

This American security forces guy came back and said look, we have been under a lot of pressure to get you out. If you guys want to get out, we understand it is dangerous, but this is probably your best shot.

reporter: Everybody in the store room ran from the mall.

And then like within 30 feet of us, two grenades are thrown. And that was our first breakdown.

reporter: She says she doesn't know yet if she will return to Kenya, but for now, she is home. Tom Costello, NBC News at Dulles airport.