of them, all six men. As I ran from bush to bush. To save my family. I made every bullet I fired find its target. I was shooting to kill. My mind was clear, yet simultaneously clouded with fear and chaos. Three of those men died. “When it was all said and done, the police arrived and took their report. My father had to insist three times—at our house, at the police station, and to reporters—that it was me who saved the family, a ten-year-old girl. “When we were finally back home and alone in the house, we were all stunned, shell-shocked. Later that night, my father took me outside for a walk.
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