On Christmas Day, Christians celebrate the day when poor little carpenter Joseph became a father. The staff and directors of The New York Times never imagined that they would make headlines around the world on this day.
The New York Fire Department drove to 229 West 43rd Street in Times Square. The firefighters were fully dressed and rushed into the 18-story building with water pipes. They thought they were here to put out fires, but who knew they were here to flush out feces?
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This has really never been seen before.
It was very cold in New York at the end of December, but the reporters and editors of The Times working in the building all had gloomy faces, took off their coats, wrapped themselves in blankets and walked out of the building. Everyone's face was filled with sadness and pain.
The uncrowned kings of "The Times" usually point their cameras at others from above and ask all kinds of weird and tricky questions. But today, when they walked out of the newspaper headquarters building, a group of colleagues came outside and stared at them.
That look was clearly one of gloating.
The cameraman of the local TV station pointed the camera at the crowd walking out of the building. Fellow reporters stood in front of the camera, grabbing the microphone and reporting on the scene in an exaggerated tone.
"OMG! Christmas this year is really a special day. Viewers in front of the TV, you will never imagine what I am going through.
I was originally preparing to spend a warm night with my family, but the phone call from the station forced me to call, and my boss said to me, "Hey, Mike, you have to go to Times Square now. There is big news there."
You know? I hate big holiday news the most. It disrupts my family gatherings. But I have no choice but to put on my coat and leave the house. As I drove, I was thinking about what the big news was. Could it be that the New York Times
》Fire?
But when I arrived at the scene and figured out the situation..."
The expression of the reporter at the scene became extremely exaggerated at this moment, and he shouted loudly: "OMG, OMG, OMG! You can't imagine what I saw and heard. The situation at the scene was too terrible. My brain can't organize words. Because
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The reporter took a deep breath and yelled with all his strength: "The toilet at the New York Times headquarters exploded. Not just one toilet, but all the toilets.
Yes, I know you are probably having dinner.
You will be shocked, you will be in a daze, and you will feel that the apple pie and roast turkey on the table suddenly no longer taste good. But the reality is what you think, the whole building has now become a super big shithole."
Hahahahaha...
vomit vomit vomit vomit...
I don’t know how many viewers are watching the live broadcast, but many people’s holiday mood has indeed been disturbed. If exploding one toilet is a tragedy, then exploding all toilets is definitely a comedy!
The New York Times had to announce that it would suspend publication for three days, and they had to take some time to clean up their headquarters building. Because every floor, every office, and every bathroom in the building was a hard-hit area.
The ceiling, floor, walls, and air were all heavily polluted. The sewage pipes were all broken. The septic tank at the bottom of the building was even more miserable.
This office environment was completely unbearable, and the staff of the Times had no choice but to evacuate. They would never think about Christmas Eve again in their lives.
The men and horses of the fire department rushed in and quickly evacuated. Even the strictly trained warriors couldn't bear it. Before escaping, they only lasted less than three minutes in the "hell" that was deep and shallow.
After a long struggle, New York's sanitation department drove a cleaning vehicle to come to the rescue. The sanitation department also sent an ambulance to help relocate the trapped people at the scene.
Reporters from several TV stations rushed to the scene and aimed their guns and cannons at the exit on the ground floor of the Times building. At this moment, a group of Times staff members filed out wrapped in blankets. The reporters stepped forward one after another despite the blockade.
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"Oh, I saw Mr. Bratton. I know him, and I have a very good relationship with him. I think I can go up and interview him.
Mr. Bratton, can you answer a few questions? What exactly happened in the building? What caused the toilet to spray feces? Were there any casualties?
Sir, say something. The whole of New York and even the whole of the United States are paying attention to you. The American people have the right to know. Tell me about your own feelings. What happened to you?"
The staff in the building didn't want to speak at all, not even a word.
The reporter could only turn to look at the camera, shake his head and said: "It seems that Mr. Bratton was in a bad mood. He left without paying attention to us. I can understand it, I really understand it. I don't want to talk.
I'm actually grateful he didn't do the interview, because the moment I got close to him, my nose and lungs were hurt badly.
I can't breathe, not even a breath. It's been a terrible night, and our hearts go out to Mr. Bratton and his colleagues at The New York Times."
The reporter said he was sympathetic, but there was no sign of sympathy on his face.
Since there was no fire and no one was trapped, the fire department personnel quickly evacuated. They said that this job was not theirs and they were not professional in dealing with shit.
The people from the sanitation department showed up with expressions of bitterness and hatred. They mainly used water pipes to flush the area and discharge the sewage into the sewer.
During this period, staff at the Times had to figure out how to salvage office equipment and materials from the filth. This was a really bad job because it was difficult for them to judge how much value a valuable piece of information had after it was covered in shit.
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In the end, it can only be classified as garbage disposal.
The people from the fire station left, and reporters from the TV station rushed over to interview, mainly asking about the situation inside the building.
The firefighters took off their insulated helmets, frowned, shook their heads and sighed: "We found no injured, but the condition inside the building is terrible. All floors are disgusting, and that place is really unbearable."
It will take at least a week to complete the cleaning, and it will only take two or three months to renovate. During this period, the reporters of the Times will have to find another place to work. It is not convenient to make too many comments at the moment, and the police need to intervene in the investigation."
The firefighters have seen many disaster scenes and have enough psychological quality to face tragic accidents. However, the toilets in the entire building sprayed feces. This was the first time they had seen this.
The New York Times had such a big incident, and the New York City Police Department also sent officers to the scene. The reporters went to the police who surrounded the scene and asked for an interview, and asked the same questions.
The police only said they would conduct an in-depth investigation and were very cautious in their words. However, someone entered the building and made comments to the media in the name of an "informed person."
"Based on what we have seen so far, we tend to think it was malicious damage, otherwise it is impossible that all sewage pipes will have problems.
This was most likely a bad prank, and someone suspected that a small amount of explosive device was thrown into the toilet. Technicians have recovered some evidence from the scene, such as fragments of the explosive device."
Reporters immediately asked: "How did the police find evidence from the scene?"
"It's just what you think. The criminal this time is really bad. He not only caused trouble to the New York Times, but also to the New York Police Department.
We don't have enough technical personnel, so we have to send additional police forces to look for clues in an extremely disgusting environment. So don't let us catch that guy, otherwise we must deal with him severely. This shit bomber is really bad and disgusting.
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Reporters immediately seized on the nickname given to the possible suspect by the police, and the next day the headlines of all major media outlets had the same name - Shit bomber exploded the New York Times!