Astinus had come to this, the last place standing upon Krynn, to witness and record the world's final, terrifying hours.

Getting lost at sea - for 20 terrifying hours.

He had allowed himself to imagine the last, terrifying hours of the victims' lives, to feel their fear, their helplessness.

Endless, terrifying hours while Wendy counted minutes and wondered if Yuma would ever walk out of there.

"He said he wouldn't let me go," she whispered, remembering those terrifying hours before her mother had returned home and caught her step-father touching her.

That terrifying hour has changed us for ever.

But I also saw, during my visit, what the Baudelaire orphans saw when they reached the bottom after climbing for more than three terrifying hours.

The terrifying final hour of United Flight 232 began with an explosion that knocked the flight attendants to the floor, Federal investigators said last night.

Stuart Rotkowitz, a beverage distributor, said his family went through several terrifying hours after learning of the accident via phone calls from parents.

She had realized from the first terrifying hour that they must have planned her abduction carefully, and had the assistance of someone within the apartment complex's maintenance staff.