​     Inside the "safe" room, the family prayed.

​     Please, please keep my family safe, Abby prayed.

​     Please, please let's get this over with soon, Alison prayed.

​     Please, please let me get to a bathroom, Skip prayed, because, otherwise, I'm probably going to have to do something that will humiliate and haunt me the rest of my life.

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