"An adult does not leave little girls with an obviously crazy man with a gun. One does not do that. Ever."
Yes, they do. We don't know what he said to them, we don't know what was in the minds of those "adults". Perhaps they thought they were doing the right thing not to make this man angry, or maybe he said everyone leave or I will start killing all the kids. Maybe, they thought saving some was better than losing all.
No one knows what they would do!
Everyone can play hero from a computer.
Very true! My understanding is Amish people don't watch tv, have electricity - lead sheltered lives.
How could they even fathom the Evil that was upon them - never mind "know" what to do .
I would have reached into my arsenal and started blasting holes in the guy. Unless there was a power failure. In which case, I'd take a bubble bath, and start the game over when the electric comes back on.