Nairobi residents will never forget the terror that ripped through their city one year ago today. Nor will they forget the victims of the Westgate mall massacre.<br/> <br />While some shoppers escaped, others remained trapped inside with al Shabaab militants shooting and throwing grenades on the premises.<br/> <br />Police responding to the scene on September 21st found themselves on the frontlines of the war raging inside the mall.<br/> <br />Adding to the danger was the difficulties in determining who was friend or foe.<br/> <br />Panicked survivors rushed outside, as others were caught in the cross-fire -- with police escorting some of the most vulnerable.<br/> <br />But much of the complex remained a bloody scene, with bodies strewn over the floors... and gunfire punctuating moments of uneasy silence.<br/> <br />On the fourth day of the siege, security forces launched a renewed assault and cleared out the last of the militants.<br/> <br />Their eventual victory was not without significant casualties.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBIT
