A recent Harvard admissions paper described applicants as "dazed survivors of some bewildering lifelong boot camp."
It was another hour, maybe two, before the infall eased and the dazed survivors finally began emerging.
Another bomb scene, more bloody and dazed survivors, more smoke and chaos.
Those who first arrived at the crash site described a scene of twisted and strewn metal and dazed survivors.
Then station medical arrived, having to fight their way past newsies filming white-faced, bleeding, dazed survivors.
They seemed dazed survivors of some lost battle.
Here and there, crouched alongside the broken roads, a dazed, lone survivor could be seen, wandering forlornly through a dead land.
Rangers took 400 prisoners from the dazed survivors.
The transporter operator had to ignore her while he brought up another group of dazed survivors.
Peace returned, and the dazed survivors were able to collect themselves, find their friends, and look about.