NEW YORK - Takulandilani kumalo okopa alendo aposachedwa ku New York: likulu la Lehman Brothers'.
Zitha kukhala zopusa, koma Lehman akamayandikira pafupi ndi kugulitsa kapena kulephera kwenikweni, ndalama zake ngati zokopa alendo zikukwera.
Pomwe olamulira ndi mabanki adakhamukira ku New York Federal Reserve kumunsi kwa Manhattan Lamlungu kuti asankhe tsogolo la Lehman, ma shutterbugs adatsikira ku likulu la banki yapakati pa Manhattan kuti agwire mbiri isanazimiririke.
"Sindikudziwa ngati ikhalabe Lehman m'miyezi ingapo," atero a Dulles Wang, katswiri wamafuta pakampani yamagetsi ya NRG Energy yemwe amakhala pafupi ndi Madison Square Garden.
"Zinatenga zaka zana kuti apange kampani ngati iyi ndipo ndizomvetsa chisoni ngati ichoka."
"Ndikanakonda ndikadajambulanso Bear Stearns," anawonjezera.
Likulu la Lehman pa Seventh Avenue pakati pa misewu 49 ndi 50, kumpoto kwa Times Square, atha kukhala ndi makanema akulu akulu omwe amalumikizidwa ndi "Crossroads of the World", koma si mtundu wa zomangamanga zomwe nthawi zambiri zimakopa T-sheti ndi gulu la kamera.
Ili ndi khomo lotsekeka lomwe lili ndi zitseko zagalasi zopita kumalo olandirira alendo. Dzina la kampaniyo linalembedwa zilembo zotuwa, zachitsulo kumakoma akuda onyezimira m'mphepete mwa zitseko.
Zolemba za mayina, zomwe nthawi zambiri zimanyalanyazidwa chifukwa cha ziwonetsero zazikulu zowonetsera makanema owoneka bwino, zidakhala chinthu chochititsa chidwi pa Lamlungu m'mawa, komwe kumakhala chinyezi komanso dzuwa pamene anthu anali kuyang'ana kunyumba ya chimphona chaposachedwa kwambiri kuti chiwonongeke.
Anthu angapo adayimilira ndikumwetulira pafupi ndi mapepalawo asanawathamangitse. Pafupifupi anthu khumi ndi awiri adajambula zithunzi m'maola angapo Lamlungu m'mawa.
Pakatikati pa nyumba ya Federal Reserve, tsiku lachitatu la zokambirana linayamba ndi 7:30 am kutumiza matumba atatu kuchokera ku Dunkin' Donuts.
Ma limos akuda adapereka oyang'anira mabanki - woyamba Vikram Pandit wa Citigroup, kenako Steven Black wa JPMorgan, kutsatiridwa ndi ena - kumbuyo kwa alonda, omwe pa 10 am anali adakali ochuluka kuposa atolankhani ndi ojambula zithunzi kunja kwa nyumbayo.
Chitetezo chinali cholimba kuposa Loweruka, ndikuphatikizanso kugwiritsa ntchito mabatani asanu ndi anayi abuluu akuda a Federal Law Enforcement, omwe adakanikizira atolankhani kutali ndi nyumbayo.
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Panthawi ina, munthu wina woyenda pansi anapita kwa atolankhani, omwe anaika makamera pa apolisi angapo kutsidya lina la msewu, ndi kuwafunsa ngati akujambula filimu.
Ena anajambula zithunzi pamaso pa khamulo, pamene oyendetsa galimoto omwe adayendetsa omanga a Lehman ku nyumba ya Fed ya linga adagona m'malimos awo.
Oyang'anira akubwera ndi kupita anali otsekedwa, koma ogwira ntchito zothandizira ankakonda kulankhula kwambiri.
Wopereka zakudya yemwe amasuta kunja kwa Fed adati adagwira ntchito maola 15 Loweruka ndipo amayembekezera zomwezo Lamlungu.
Ogulitsa magetsi ozungulira tebulo lalikulu lachipindacho amadya nsomba, lasagna, mbatata, broccoli ndi makeke Loweruka madzulo, adatero. Lamlungu, anali ndi soseji ya turkey, nyama yankhumba, mazira, makeke, ma muffins, saladi ya zipatso ndi khofi wa Starbucks.
“'Kofi, khofi, khofi,' amati, 'zinthu zamphamvu.'
Kunja kwa maofesi a Lehman, antchito nthawi zambiri amakana kukambirana za zokambiranazo kapena momwe moyo ulili mkati mwa nyumbayi.
“Kwa anthu ena ndi bizinesi monga mwa nthawi zonse, koma anthu ena akuda nkhawa kuti atha kuchotsedwa ntchito komanso kuti sapeza ntchito,” anatero bambo wina yemwe ankagwira ntchito ku banki ya Lehman pamene ankatuluka m’nyumbayo.
"Anthu ena ali pamwamba ndikugwira ntchito zawo," adatero. “Ena akuda nkhawa kuti sagwira ntchito ndipo akulongedza katundu,” adatero bamboyo yemwe anakana kutchulidwa.
Amuna ovala masuti adabwera ndikupita, pomwe antchito ena adalowa mnyumbamo ndi zikwama zopanda kanthu - ena ochita zamtundu wa Lehman - kenako adachoka odzaza.
Ena - ena atavala T-shirts a Lehman, adatuluka ndi mafayilo accordion, zomangira zodzaza ndi mapepala ndi valises zonse.
Wogwira ntchito ku Lehman yemwe adalankhula kunyumba, koma adakana kuti adziwike, adati: "Sitinalankhulepo kuchokera pamwamba. Ngati ndiyenera kupeza ntchito ina, ndikufuna chenjezo.”
