NEW YORK - Tikugashirei kuNew York ichangoburwa inokwezva vashanyi: Lehman Brothers 'dzimbahwe.
Zvinogona kunge zvakapusa, asi Lehman paanoswedera pedyo nekutengesa kana kutadza zvachose, mari yayo sedhirowa yevashanyi iri kuwedzera.
Ipo vatongi nemabhanga vakadirana kuNew York Federal Reserve muManhattan yezasi nemusi weSvondo kuti vasarudze mafambiro aLehman, zvivhariso zvakadzika pamuzinda webhanga wepakati peguta reManhattan kuti ubate chikamu chenhoroondo isati yanyangarika.
"Handizive kana ichiri kuzoita Lehman mumwedzi mishoma," akadaro Dulles Wang, muongorori wemafuta pakambani yemagetsi NRG Energy anogara padyo neMadison Square Garden.
"Zvakatora makore zana kuvaka femu yakadai uye zvinosuwisa kana ikaparara."
"Ndinoshuva kuti dai ndakatorawo mufananidzo weBear Stearns," akawedzera.
Hofisi yaLehman paSeventh Avenue pakati pemigwagwa makumi mana nepfumbamwe neshanu, kuchamhembe kweTimes Square, inogona kunge iine mamwe emavhidhiyo makuru ane hukama ne "Crossroads of the World", asi haisiriyo rudzi rwechishamiso chekuvaka chinowanzo kukwezva T-shirt uye kamera boka.
Iyo inoratidzira yekupinda yakadzoreredzwa ine magirazi magonhi anotungamira kune yekutandarira. Zita rekambani iyi rakanamirwa nemavara egrey, esimbi kumadziro anopenya matema akatenderedza magonhi.
Mazita emazita, anowanzo furatirwa achifarira zviratidziro zvakakura zvinotenderera, mavhidhiyo ane mavara, akave chinhu chekuda kuziva pamhepo ine hunyoro, yezuva Svondo mangwanani apo vanhu vakatarisa kumba kwehofori yezvemari yazvino kutarisana nekuparara.
Vanhu vakati wandei vakamira ndokunyemwerera pedyo nemazita epazita muchengeti asati avadzinga. Vanosvika gumi nevaviri vanhu vakatora mafoto mukati memaawa akati wandei Svondo mangwanani.
Mudhorobha pachivako cheFederal Reserve, zuva rechitatu rehurukuro dzakatanga ne7:30 am kuendesa mabhegi matatu kubva kuDunkin' Donuts.
Black limos yakaendesa vakuru vemabhanga - kutanga Citigroup's Vikram Pandit, kozoti JPMorgan's Steven Black, achiteverwa nevamwe - kuseri kwevarindi, avo na10 am vanga vachiri kuwanda nevatori venhau uye cameramen kunze kwechivakwa chegrey-stone.
Chengetedzo yaive yakasimba kupfuura neMugovera, uye yaisanganisira kushandiswa kwemavhani mapfumbamwe ebhuruu Federal Law Enforcement, ayo akadzvanya midhiya kure nechivakwa.
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Pane imwe nguva, mumwe munhu aifamba netsoka akaenda kune vezvenhau, avo vakanga vakaisa makamera pamapurisa mashoma aiva mhiri kwomugwagwa, ndokubvunza kana vakanga vachitora bhaisikopo.
Vamwe vakaisa mapikicha pamberi pechaunga, nepo vamwe vatyairi vaive vatyaira vagadziri venzvimbo yaLehman kuenda kunhare-seFed chivakwa vakarara mumalimos avo.
Vatungamiri vaiuya nekuenda vakanga vakasungwa, asi vashandi vekutsigira vaiwanzoita kutaura.
Mushandi wekudya anoputa kunze kweFed akati akange ashanda maawa gumi nemashanu neMugovera uye aitarisira zvakafanana neSvondo.
Mabhuroka emagetsi akatenderedza tafura huru yekamuri yebhodhi aidya hove, lasagna, mbatatisi, broccoli nemakuki neMugovera manheru, akadaro. NeSvondo, vaive nesoseji yeTurkey, bhekoni, mazai, zviyo, muffin, saladi yemichero uye kofi yeStarbucks.
“'Kofi, kofi, kofi,' vanodaro, 'zvinhu zvakasimba.'
Kunze kwemahofisi aLehman, vashandi vainyanya kuramba kutaura nezvenhaurirano kana kuti hupenyu hwakaita sei mukati mechivakwa.
"Kune vamwe vanhu ibhizinesi semazuva ese, asi vamwe vanhu vari kunetsekana nezvekuvharirwa uye kuti havazove nemabasa," mumwe murume akati aishanda mubhanga rebhengi reLehman akadaro achibuda muchivako.
"Vamwe vanhu vari pamusoro uye vari kushanda muzvirongwa zvavo," akadaro. “Vamwe vari kutyira kuti vanenge vasina basa uye vari kurongedza zvinhu,” akadaro murume uyu uyo aramba kudomwa nezita rake.
Varume vakapfeka masutu vakauya ndokuenda, vamwe vashandi vakapinda muchivako nemabhegi airatidza kunge asina chinhu - vamwe vachitamba mhando yeLehman - vakabva vabuda nawo vakazara.
Vamwe - vamwe vakapfeka Lehman T-shirts, vakabuda vaine accordion mafaera, mabhainda akaiswa mapepa nemavhalisi akazara.
Mumwe mushandi weLehman akataura ari kumba, asi akaramba kuzivikanwa, akati: “Hatina kutaurirana kubva kumusoro. Kana ndikawana rimwe basa, ndinoda yambiro.”
