Chapter 131 129. Bombshell! (On the shelves, please subscribe)

If you want to ask about the darkest day in modern American history, I believe there will be many people answering it-

September 11, 2001.

911 was originally an emergency alarm number from the United States, and was born in the 1960s.

It is equivalent to 110, or 119 of our country.

The entire number can be said to be well-known to all women and children in the United States.

No matter what trouble the American people encounter, they can receive assistance from the American police by dialing this number.

But starting from September 11, 2001, this number has almost become synonymous with horror.

Because on the early morning of this day, the 911 terrorist incident happened that shocked the world.

This day is Tuesday.

The sky above the United States is still clear, but the largest international metropolis, New York, is shrouded in dark clouds.

Everything indicates an ominous beginning.

The day after the opening of the US stock market this week.

A plane took off from Boston Logan International Airport to Los Angeles at 7:59 a.m.

The name of the flight is [USA Airline No. 11].

At 8:14, the plane climbed to a height of 26,000 feet (about 8,000 meters), which was lower than the initially designated cruising altitude of 29,000 feet (about 8,800 meters).

At the same time, the aircraft conducted the last regular communication with the empty tower and confirmed that it had received the navigation instructions.

16 seconds after the communication, the empty tower ordered the plane to climb to 35,000 feet (about 10,700 meters), but this information and all subsequent attempts to contact the plane were not confirmed.

The passengers on the plane didn't realize what would happen in the next two hours:

Then a group of bandits stood up, holding weapons in their hands, quickly controlled the first class of the plane, and began to release irritating gases such as tear gas, spicy mist, etc., forcing passengers and crew to move closer to the rear of the plane and claiming that they possessed the bomb.

Five minutes later, the flight attendant Petty contacted the ticket booking office in Mihang by phone on the plane and reported the emergency situation on the plane. The call lasted about 25 minutes in total.

After receiving the call for help, an employee of Mihang immediately called the police to Mihang Operation Center.

The hijacker tried to talk to the passenger, but mistakenly switched the call channel to the tower.

The operation center, which received the alarm, notified the Mihang dispatcher to report the abnormal situation of the aircraft to the tower.

Afterwards, flight attendants Petty and Amy Swini reported the situation on board to the Tower and Mihang Flight Service Office many times: the hijacker stabbed two flight attendants and was unable to contact the cockpit, and there was a bomb in the cockpit.

At 8:26 and 8:38, Petty both said the plane had "unregular flight conditions" and interrupted the call at 8:44.

At the same time, Amy Swinney was reporting to the Mi Airlines Flight Service Office that the plane was "declining rapidly" and "flying very low".

8:46:40, the 11th flight of US Airlines crashed into the Twin Tower One (also known as the "North Tower") at a speed of about 490 miles per hour. The impact location was between 94 and 98 floors north of the building, causing all the people on board and unknown number of people in the building to die immediately.

The building caught fire immediately, and the entire 94th floor was above, with thick smoke rolling, and it could be seen 1 km away.

Countless people shouted in horror.

9:03:11, United Airlines' flight 175th crashed into Building 2 of the Twin Towers (also known as the "South Tower"), causing all the onboard personnel and unknown numbers of people in the tower to die immediately.

The building made a violent explosion, like a bombardment of shells, and emitted huge smoke.

The building was penetrated by an airplane and then a violent explosion occurred.

9:59.

The entire building was cut off in half and began to collapse.

Countless citizens screamed in panic and began to evacuate, and the streets were in chaos.

Under everyone's gaze, under the media cameras that the United States arrived at the scene at the first time, the south towers of these two famous financial and trade buildings made loud noises.

To the ashes.

9:37:46, United Airlines' flight 77th crashed at a speed of up to 530 miles per hour in the Five-Side Building of the US Ministry of Defense, killing all personnel on board and a large number of officers in the building.

At 10:28, the North Tower collapsed, and no one survived from the floor above the impact point.

The two iconic buildings that were originally standing there suddenly turned into two large chimneys with thick smoke.

...

“oh my god!”

Countless people covered their mouths.

Many people burst into tears on the spot.

On the streets, there were countless people running and shouting.

No one would have thought that such a terrible thing would happen in this world-famous bustling city.

The collapse of the Twin Towers was like the tallest flag in people's minds, collapsed with a bang.

If there is hell in the world, then hell is probably like this.

...

Lehman is an unknown employee of a financial company in the Twin Towers.

Speaking of which, this day was his disaster day and also his luck day.

He was sent out by the company in the morning because he received a call from a customer.

When he left the Twin Towers and was about to take a taxi to his destination, a plane whizzed past him.

The plane's flight altitude was obviously incorrect, it was too low, so low that it directly penetrated the low clouds above New York.

A long white line was dragged under the clouds.

Then, Lehman's whole body was shocked-

The plane directly hit the North Tower.

An explosion occurred in the entire upper layer.

Leman felt a swaying soles of his feet and a huge sound came from his ears.

When he came to his senses, he found that everyone around him looked up at the sky.

The Twin Towers had not yet fallen, but he vaguely realized the danger.

94th floor.

It happens to be the floor where Lehman Company is located.

In other words, he witnessed the death of his colleagues and friends with his own eyes.

Lehman's heart was shaking strongly.

A bold idea emerged from his mind.

He didn't even have time to grieve and did anything else, but called the stock manager with his beastly intuition in numbness, shorting, shorting, and frantically shorting the aerospace and tourism industry, and then leverage continued to double.

"It's over. The US stock market is about to plummet!"

"This is a bombshell."

"Short it quickly! Short it!, plus leverage, do as much as you can!"

"Yes, shorting all airlines do as much as they do!"

...

At 10:38 Beijing time in the evening (12 hours difference from the United States), Xu Hao, who was still working in the company, was woken up by a phone ringtone.

I picked up my phone and took a look and found that it was Liu Zhiping who called me.

"What's wrong with Mr. Liu?"

When I answered the phone, I heard Liu Zhiping's voice coming from the other side, "Xu Hao, have you read the news?! This morning, something happened to a US flight. Two planes hit the Twin Towers and one plane hit the Five-Border Building."

"What?!"

Xu Hao's fingers trembled in fear and his phone fell to the ground.
Chapter completed!