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 Right before Peyton Fahrquhar was hung, he felt like time stopped right then. The world around him got  silent and he stood there knowing something bad was going to happen. He's painfully waiting to be hung.  The sound of his watch started to get louder and slower. It was painfully shrill. The soldier behind him  stepped off the bridge and the board let loose. Peyton lost consciousness as he was falling downward and  this is when we hear about his mental journey. This event and the feelings Peyton had remind me of when I got in a car crash two years ago. My grandpa  was driving and we were headed up a ramp towards a light. I didn't realize this at the time but my grandpa  passed out about 100 feet from it. In the two seconds before we slammed into the car in front of us, I knew  what was going to happen yet I stayed still and didn't say anything at all. My heart skipped a beat and my  anxiety kicked in. I looked over at my grandpa as he wasn't slowing down and realized