Soldiers who had spent hours staging for extinction were watching the stream's cast walk out in person, and the professional distance was crumbling by the second.
Press drones dove lower, and the media perimeter collapsed.
Reporters from numerous countries broke into sprints across the staging plain, camera crews stumbling after them with equipment bouncing on their shoulders.
A Japanese crew hit the front first, their anchor shouting questions in rapid-fire Japanese while her cameraman struggled to keep the shot framed.
A Korean team flanked from the left.
An American anchor shoved past two Association officers with her microphone already extended.
"Mr. Grey! CNN International! Can you confirm the threat is neutralized?"
"BBC World! One question! Just one!"
"Sir, you're in a restricted zone, you need to fall back behind the..."
