Do you have any evidence that Gerry was on the floor because he found the arrival of the police stressful? Please do share if you do.
More likely it was overwhelming a very positive reaction of relief that the police had finally turned up.. Something official was going to happen at long last. Just ten minutes after Madeleine was found missing, Matt ran to reception to ask them to call the PJ , but for some reason they didn't
I can only remember one time that my legs buckled ... and it was altogether different. To do with looking into a guys eyes on our first date and whoosh I fell to the ground. I had really fancied him, but it came as a shock when my very fit legs turned to jelly. He took it as a message that was not intended and what a fight we had as I eventually managed to get rid of him.. All this on a public footpath ascending the Wrekin, with people walking past I chucked him after that.
Still I had a nice ride in his MG TD