last moments

Nobody should have to die like these people had. I didn't know each of their circumstances, but I had a good guess. These people had died in terror, horror, and pain. More than likely, they had to watch their friends or loved ones die at the same time. Their last moments would have been spent knowing that they would come back and do the same to anyone they could get their hands on, even people they'd spent their life loving. It was not the way any human being should have to go.

— Rose Wynters

These felt very much like last moments.

— China Miéville

You see, in their last moments people show you who they really are.

— The Joker Heath Ledger