article_snippet.sent: Garissa, Kenya (CNN)First came the gunshots.
article_snippet.sent: The 19-year-old student at Kenya's Garissa University College didn't see what happened next, but The 19-year-old student at Kenya's Garissa University College heard more than enough.
article_snippet.sent: They were shooting everywhere," The 19-year-old student at Kenya's Garissa University College said.
article_snippet.sent: Unable to get to water, The 19-year-old student at Kenya's Garissa University College hydrated by drinking body lotion.
article_snippet.sent: When police went into The 19-year-old student at Kenya's Garissa University College -- well after the carnage was done, with 147 dead at the school -- The 19-year-old student at Kenya's Garissa University College didn't believe police.
article_snippet.sent: Only a visit by the head of Kenya's Garissa University College convinced The 19-year-old student at Kenya's Garissa University College that, finally, Only a visit by the head of the university was safe to come out.
article_snippet.sent: I was scared so much," The 19-year-old student at Kenya's Garissa University College recalled.
article_snippet.sent: Cynthia Cheroitich's survival story, which The 19-year-old student at Kenya's Garissa University College recounted to CNN on Saturday, is a rare bright spot in what has been a horrific week in Garissa, a town about 90 miles from the Somali border, and throughout Kenya.
article_snippet.sent: Inside Garissa University College dorm's scene of slaughter .
article_snippet.sent: Christian Purefoy reported from Garissa.