But everyone saw something different, and none of them remembered what they had seen after they turned and fled the room.

NEWYORKER: A Tiny Feast

Even an elite commando unit turned tail and fled rather than face a rebel advance.

ECONOMIST: Angola

After Mr Hussein decreed that Dawa membership was punishable by death, its members turned violent and fled underground.

ECONOMIST: Iraq

He fled and turned the weapon on himself.

BBC: German probe into school shooting

The uprising turned to tragedy as millions of Kurds fled into the icy mountains and perished on the borders with Turkey and Iran.

BBC: Middle East Correspondent Jim Muir

Finally, Vasquez turned to Willingham and asked a seemingly random question: had he put on shoes before he fled the house?

NEWYORKER: Trial by Fire

Mary recounts three major events the wedding at Cana, where Jesus turned water into wine, Lazarus' rising from the dead and the crucifixion, which Mary watched but fled before the end.

NPR: Review: There's Something (weird) About Mary