Questão 27

Hijacked jets destroy Twin Towers: a creeping horror
[1]  The horror arrived $\in$ epsodic bursts of chilling disbelief,
signified first by trembling floors, sharp eruptions, cracked
windows. There was the cruel sight of bodies helplessly
tumbling out, some of _____ $\in$ flames.
[5] Finally, the high and impressive towers themselves were
reduced to nothing. Dense plumes of smoke raced through the
downtown avenues, coursing between the buildings, shaped
like tornadoes on their sides.
  Every sound was cause for alarm. A plane appeared
[10] overhead. Was another one coming? No, it was a fighter jet.
But was it friend or enemy? People scrambled for _____
lives, but _____ didn’t know where to go. Should people go
north, south, east, west? Stay outside, go indoors? People hid
beneath cars and each other. Some contemplated jumping
[15] into the river (…). 

GLOSSARY
chilling disbelief – incredulidade assustadora
trembling floors – o tremor dos andares
to scramble – lutar

‘hid’, (line 13), is the past tense of the verb