{"id":15173,"date":"2016-04-05T07:51:27","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T07:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=15173"},"modified":"2016-04-05T07:57:01","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T07:57:01","slug":"garissa-survivor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/garissa-survivor","title":{"rendered":"A Garissa University Survivor Marries One Of The Soldiers Who Saved Her Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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The student hid in a closet for 12 hours when a group of Kenyan security forces rescued her. She was terrified.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI could hear the attackers telling my friends female students were at liberty to leave the dormitory. But it was a different directive to female Muslim students to head to a nearby Mosque that made me change my mind,\u201d she recalls.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15175\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15175\" style=\"width: 702px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-15175\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/03kenya3-videosixteenbynine540.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"702\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/03kenya3-videosixteenbynine540.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/03kenya3-videosixteenbynine540-85x48.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/03kenya3-videosixteenbynine540.jpg?w=540&amp;h=304\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Patiently waiting<\/h2>\n<p>Mayengo had no idea that\u00a025-year-old Ivan Okello, whom she had met before, was among the Kenya Defence Forces soldiers who stormed the dormitory where the al-Shabab terrorists\u00a0were shooting. Mayengo,\u00a0who is still traumatised from the events, saw the man as her &#8220;shield and defender&#8221; and married him four months after the attack.<\/p>\n<p>She now lives in Lanet with her husband, who is currently deployed in Somalia. She transferred to Moi University in order to finish\u00a0her studies while she is eagerly awaiting for Okello to return from mission. 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