Program note: See Sara Sidner’s full report during special CNN coverage of the Mumbai attacks, tonight, 7-9p ET.
SARA SIDNER, CNN Correspondent: I’m just getting a text message from four Americans who have been inside this hotel from Chicago who we have been talking to throughout this 42 or 43-hour ordeal now. They have apparently been taken out. They have made it out and they are well.
The family is writing me, and they are very happy. And so, we should say that that group of four people who are calling and saying we’re running out of water — sorry, they made it out and so the family is very happy.
CAROL COSTELLO, American Morning Contributor: Oh, you’re so emotional about this. You’ve established a relationship with the family in Chicago then and have been texting them often, right?
SIDNER: Yes. Over the past few hours, I text them “are you OK,” because I heard all of the loud bangs. As I was coming from my hotel, I had taken down for a few hours and was feeling quite guilty that I wasn’t out here watching the situation. And when I got back, I got a text from one of their family members in Chicago saying we have gotten a text from them. They say they are out. They’ve been led out, and they are safe. Just a few moments ago, I got a text saying, “We are safe.”
Read more about how Sara Sidner stayed in contact with the Mackoff family while they were trapped in the Taj Mahal hotel for 48 hours during the Mumbai attacks.
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