The part remembered was the quiet

Before the yard moved, it went quiet.

The report records the movement as completed. It also records two workers acting in sequence. The pause belongs to the same piece of work, though it is harder to describe what was accomplished while nothing moved.

In a retelling, the quiet could take all the credit. That would be a small injustice to the workers. Quiet did not move the load.

Still, it is where this account begins.