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He asked me how much my daughter's life meant to me and what I was willing to do to keep her alive and what I would do for him.

And then he told me I was going to have to get in the back seat now.

Real people. Was at that time that I got blasted by a big wave.

Now this new sense of awareness comes over me like,

Jesus, you just survived a plane crash, now you're going to drown in the water.

Who faced death.

I could smell the blood.

I could taste it. And when I put my hand up here, my finger went right into a hole in my neck.

And lived to tell how. He had a gun. He was going to kill my baby. He said, I'll attack your husband and I'll kill him before I come in the house

and make you watch me kill your daughters and I'll rape you all night long. This is I survived.

It's January 2009 in Bakersfield, California. Donna, a stay-at-home mom of two, is planning a party.

Her baby daughter is about to turn one.

We were planning a pretty big party with family and friends and kids her age,

just to celebrate our first year with our new child.

Donna put her baby in the car and drove to a store to buy party favors.

And when we were finished, we walked out to the parking lot.

I noticed a man walking toward the store in the parking lot

with an army green colored long trench coat on.

And I took a double take at him because the jacket just seemed odd for the weather.

I just assumed that he was homeless or down on his luck, and I dismissed it and continued to

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