While the rumble is going on Johnny is in the hospital dying so I'm going to say the worry is that they're not going to make it in time to see a living Johnny. Hope this helps!
Answer:
It's when you take a clip or snippet from a passage.
Explanation:
Sometimes in a story it'll say something like "John used to love fishing until one day the fishes stopped coming" how do you think John feels in this excerpt? ←- I dont know if this helps, but it's similar to that.