Holsey, the highest-ranking officer on the scene, ran away as fast as he could.
What became of him? Did he ever stop running? Or did he keep running, throwing off his uniform in shame when he realized that he hadn't been vaporized, and then riding the rails for years, stopping off in small towns and solving people's problems, and desperately trying to atone for his cowardice, before running again when someone learned of his past?