User blog comment:Jako9907/Maya’s didn’t have to die/@comment-27794543-20190525041014

They didn't have time to separate their helpers (and innocents like the children) from those trying to drill into them. Their choice was to pull the switch or to die. Emerison was on the other side of the door and Cage was holding many Sky People hostage, drilling into them (which after several holes leads to death). The Sky People were losing. They didn't have time nor ability to separate the Mountain Men population.