Considering Isildur was pretty much at ground zero and seemed no worse for wear, I would say they were just knocked down.<P>If you're looking for anything more (like from the books) to answer this question it isn't going to be found because nothing of the sort is in the books.<P>H.C.
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-Denethor
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