WOW. Some experience which wouldn't have been fun at the time. Luckily the floor was there and they were likely playing too.
When we get into panic mode often time often gets distorted.
Brain Trickery – Seeing in Slow Motion
by Viatcheslav Wlassoff, PhD | October 9, 2014
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Although akinetopsia and the Zeitruffer phenomenon are rare, it seems that in extreme circumstances, many of us might experience something similar. People who have been through life-threatening events such as car accidents or aeroplane crashes often describe a sense of time “standing still“, and an awareness that they could clearly see details they would never usually be able to perceive. This state might be linked to the sudden release of stress hormones that, in turn, trigger the speeding up of the brain’s processing mechanisms.