As the attacks continue, the Lanes narrowly escape to an apartment complex, to wait for extraction by a helicopter sent by Gerry's former UN colleague, the Deputy Secretary-General Thierry Umutoni.Īfter a brief struggle in which Gerry is almost infected, the Lanes reach the helicopter and are taken to a U.S. The military has reported that the attempt to contain and quarantine the city is a fail, and Philadelphia is thrown into disarray. Gerry's family escapes while mass hysteria continues throughout Philadelphia. Gerry smashes towards a military checkpoint causing citizens to make their way through also. While driving, Gerry steers hard right and scrapes the zombie into vehicles until it finally lets go. Masses of zombies begin biting people, Gerry and his family starts the RV but a zombie attacks them, Gerry's wife manages to get it out but another one attacks the RV. The man (now a zombie) attacks the occupants in the vehicle. Gerry's family witnesses it and heads through the abandoned RV that the owners had just hopped out of and abandoned for no apparent reason, and left the keys in, Constance drops her doll and Gerry grabs it, the doll begins counting it's revealing how long it takes for a human to turn, it takes 12 seconds for a human to transform. The man exits but the zombie grabs him and bites his arm. Then, suddenly a zombie charges in front of the windshield and begins smashing it with it's head brutally. The man realizes the threat is nearing him and he retreats to a vehicle where a zombie is in pursuit of him, the man sees there are still occupants in the car. Meanwhile, a confused man looks on and wonders what's causing the panic, it then cuts to a scene of the entire plaza of Philadelpia where hundreds of people are attacked by zombies, infecting them one by one. Luckily, they're okay and they exit their car. Gerry's daughters are frightened, as Constance keeps shouting that she wants her blanket and Rachel sits instead on the car's floor refusing to go back and put her belt back on, resulting Gerry oblivious to the road and is hit by an ambulance and a vehicle. The truck's violent run through the road is ended after hitting another car and is toppled. The driver of the truck is seen to be infected having no control of his body, and repeatedly tapping it's foot on the gas pedal. After hearing explosions and a truck that zooms through the road while it hits an officer, that informs Gerry to remain with their vehicle at all cost, the truck clears the road allowing Gerry to escape in the confusion.

Former USAF DFAC Services employee Gerry Lane and his family sit in heavy traffic in Philadelphia while the radio reports on a rabies outbreak that has spread internationally.

World War Z by Max Brooks