rush out

“And then I rushed out of his office. I ran to the toilets and burst into tears.”

Phoebe Hunt, 18, said she heard screaming and rushed out to find her flatmate with "a live scorpion in a bag on her boots".

A disturbing scenario has played out at public schools across Springfield, Ohio, in recent days, with children turned away as they arrive or, worse, rushed out of classrooms, all because of bomb threats.

"Lots of neighbours rushed out to try to help. Forensic investigators have been here all night," she said.

The anecdotes rushing out of his mind like the Los Angeles River after a storm.