He sat down upon the top step, feet and legs over to the second.
Two men moved to stop him; both were dead by the time he reached the top step.
Within minutes the water was up to the top step.
I'm about to turn away when I see them stop on the top step and look back.
I put my foot on the top step and stopped.
He stopped at the top step and turned again to the younger man.
I'll stand on the top step and hold the light for you.
Only then did she see the young woman sitting on the top step.
The light from the first floor reached just to the top step.
The men and women around him on the top step did not even close their eyes.