The heaviest concentration of people tried to escape down the escalators, sliding, falling, bones breaking. One man shoved a slightly built woman carrying a toddler so hard that she lost the small child as it fell over the side of the escalator. The man never even glanced back; he was too busy running away. A gangbanger pulled out a gun and shot several of the people in front of him. When they fell, he climbed over them, like they were nothing more than broken human steps. The fear was ugly and contagious, spreading like a wildfire, once people got a look at what was coming.