I did NOT alter the work of another! I took the time to REDRAW the drawing in Google so a scale could be included for distance measurement. Why would I go to that effort and subjectively only change the color of ONE line to illustrate my understanding of her meaning?
However, I agree with both of you, so let's be fair. Please read below.
Let's do exactly that, but instead of guessing at the length as to what it "appears", let's be, at least, a bit more accurate and use the handy scale provided by Google whose reference is the ONLY reason I redrew your map.
I certainly meant no disrepect by changing the one line from your magenta to red. I actually thought your reference to his stopping his search to return was "somewhere towards the end of this magenta pathway". I only made it red to illustrate what I believed you were saying as to where he stopped.
Please accept my apology.
Now that I'm CRYSTAL clear that you think he walked this entire magenta colored line of travel before he turned to go back to his vehicle, let's measure it at the scale of 1-1/8 inches = 100 feet provided by Google in MY magenta eclipse.
-The red east to west line is 2-7/8" long or
255.5 feet in length.
-The magenta north south line closest to the buildings is 6-1/8" long or
544.4 feet in length.
-The short magenta line is 1-1/2" long or
133.3 feet in length
-The continuation magenta line back to the juncture with the red east to west line is also 6-1/8" long or
544.4 feet in length.
The total distance for your red line and all three of your magenta lines equals
1,477.6 feet, just a little bit more than the 200 feet stated in the comment this references, KWIM Dude?
All in what the 911 call transcript indicates as being 28 seconds: