It seems to be passed up, but someone mentioned time compression. Maybe what he experienced was that. What felt like a minute was really less then a second, there is evidence that your perception of time is distorted in a sd situation.
I have only been in one situation where i had to draw my weapon for fear of my well being. I do a side job at night as a rural newpaper delivery guy, not flashy but it helps with bills and such. I was at a very isolated area of my route and was about to put a paper in the box, when out of the corner of my eye, i saw something move, It was black and brown and looked to be rougly the size of a medium sized rott.(cant spell the full name, you know which dog im talking about) It was charging at me, and growling and carrying on. Now im seated in my car, but it is in park. My first reaction was to draw my g17 as fast as i could and get it on this dog. I even managed to get my sights lined up.(i remember trying repeating to my self to get the sights lined up)
Im not sure how long it was between the time when i first noticed the dog to the time that i drew and lined up the sights but it felt like at least a minute. But in reality i bet it was more like less then a few seconds.
Now I bet your wondering if i shot that dog, well i didnt. That dog did something strange, when i got the gun leveled at its head, it stopped in its tracks. It just stood there, I Kept my gun on him, but put the paper in the box and drove off. The damn thing then started chasing the car down the road and after a half mile gave up.
Now the time from when i saw it out of the corner of my eye, to the time right up to the moment of the draw, felt like a bout a min, but i dont think it was. What i found interesting, was that the time it took me to draw my gun and get the sights lined up, felt really really fast. Faster then anything i have ever been able to do in practice. I drew so fast that i broke the retention on my bianchi accumold. It has a button your thinger hits during the draw stroke. I managed to draw through that. I dont know if my draw was realy realy fast, or if it infact was a nother byproduct of time compression, i guess ill never beable to find out not til it happens again.