Read this sentence, which helps create the subjective tone of the World War I soldier's account of a mustard gas attack.

Hundreds, after a dreadful fight for air, became unconscious and died where they lay.

Which of the sentences below conveys similar information in a very objective tone?

A. A total of 687 people were listed as dead from the gas.
B. The people died in a way that no one deserves to die.
C. It seems as though hundreds died from the horrible gas.
D. None of the hundreds of people escaped that horrid death.