Making the way

"Make way!" 

This simple order, a mere two words, never had any right to work. But within the extremely specific circumstances, I've found myself in, an impossible happened. 

My voice, greatly amplified by the electric tube speaker, shook the air no less than the powerful cry from before. 

And the people in front, a mere few meters away, just recently willing to trample each other in their panicked desire to escape… 

They all started to move to the sides. 

At first, only a few men moved, likely too mentally broken to even think about resisting such a simple and loud order. Whatever discipline the bullying back home instilled in them, now pushed their legs forward, forcing them to squeeze into the already intense crowd within the wetlands.