NEW YORK - Welina mai i ka mea hoʻokipa mākaʻikaʻi hou loa o New York: Lehman Brothers 'headquarter.
He mea ʻino paha ia, akā ʻoiai ʻo Lehman e pili kokoke ana i kahi kūʻai a i ʻole ka hāʻule ʻole ʻana, ke piʻi nei kāna kālā ma ke ʻano he kiʻi mākaʻikaʻi.
ʻOiai e holo ana nā regulators a me nā mea panakō i ka New York Federal Reserve ma Manhattan haʻahaʻa i ka lā Lāpule e hoʻoholo ai i ka hopena o Lehman, ua iho nā shutterbugs ma ke keʻena poʻo waena o Manhattan e hopu i kahi ʻāpana o ka mōʻaukala ma mua o ka nalo ʻana.
"ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu inā e lilo ana ʻo ia iā Lehman i ʻelua mau mahina," wahi a Dulles Wang, ka mea loiloi wahie ma ka hui mana NRG Energy e noho kokoke ana ma Madison Square Garden.
"Hoʻokahi haneli mau makahiki e kūkulu ai i kahi paʻa e like me kēia a kaumaha ke hele."
"Makemake au e kiʻi pū kekahi i ke kiʻi o Bear Stearns," wahi āna.
ʻO ke keʻena nui o Lehman ma Seventh Avenue ma waena o nā alanui 49th a me 50th, aia ma ka ʻākau o Times Square, loaʻa paha kekahi o nā kiʻi wikiō nui e pili pū ana me ka "Crossroads of the World", akā ʻaʻole ia ke ʻano o ka hale kamahaʻo ka mea maʻamau. T-shirt a me ka lehulehu pahupaʻiwikiō.
Hōʻike ia i kahi puka komo me nā puka aniani e alakaʻi ana i ka lobby. Hoʻopili ʻia ka inoa o ka hui i nā leka ʻeleʻele hina i nā paia ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele e pili ana i nā puka.
ʻO nā papa inoa, ka mea maʻamau i nānā ʻole ʻia i ka makemake o nā pale nui e hoʻopuʻi ana i nā wikiō ʻoniʻoni, ua lilo i mea hoihoi i ke kakahiaka Sābati haʻahaʻa a me ka lā ʻoiai ʻo ka poʻe e ʻakaʻaka ana i ka home o ka pilikua kālā hou loa e alo i ka pōʻino.
Ua kū a minoʻaka kekahi poʻe ma ka ʻaoʻao o nā papa inoa ma mua o ka hoʻokuke ʻana aku o kahi kiaʻi iā lākou. Ma kahi kokoke i ʻumi mau kānaka i lawe i nā kiʻi i loko o nā hola he nui o ke kakahiaka Sabati.
Ma ke kaona ma ka hale Federal Reserve, ua hoʻomaka ke kolu o ka lā o ke kamaʻilio ʻana me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ʻekolu mau ʻeke mai Dunkin' Donuts i ka hola 7:30.
Hāʻawi nā limos ʻeleʻele i nā luna panakō - ʻo Vikram Pandit mua o Citigroup, a laila ʻo Steven Black o JPMorgan, a ukali ʻia e nā poʻe ʻē aʻe - ma hope o nā kiaʻi palekana, ma ka hola 10 a.
Ua ʻoi aku ka paʻa o ka palekana ma mua o ka Pōʻaono, a ua komo pū me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ʻeiwa mau kaʻa Federal Law Enforcement ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele, kahi i hoʻokuʻu aku i ka media mai ka hale.
KOPE, KOPE A ME KOPE A'E
I kekahi manawa, ua hoʻokokoke kekahi kanaka hele wāwae i ka media gaggle, nona nā kāmera i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kekahi mau mākaʻi ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke alanui, a nīnau iā lākou inā ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni nei lākou.
Ua paʻi kekahi poʻe i nā kiʻi i mua o ka lehulehu, aʻo kekahi mau kaʻa kaʻa nāna i hoʻokele i nā mea kākau o ka hopena o Lehman i ka hale paʻa Fed e like me ka pā kaua, ua kau ʻia i loko o kā lākou limo.
ʻO nā luna hoʻokele e hele mai ana a hele aku ua paʻa, akā ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o nā limahana kākoʻo.
Ua ʻōlelo ka mea ʻai meaʻai ma waho o ka Fed ua hana ʻo ia i 15 mau hola i ka Pōʻaono a manaʻo ʻo ia i ka lā Lāpule.
Ua ʻai nā mea hoʻolale mana a puni ka papaʻaina papa nui i ka iʻa, lasagna, ʻuala, broccoli a me nā kuki i ke ahiahi Pōʻaono, wahi āna. I ka lā Sābati, ua loaʻa iā lākou ka sausage turkey, ka puaʻa, nā hua manu, nā pākī, nā muffins, ka salakeke huaʻai a me ka kofe Starbucks.
"'Kofe, kofe, kofe," wahi a lākou, 'ka mea ikaika.'
Ma waho o nā keʻena o Lehman, hōʻole ka hapa nui o nā limahana e kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā kūkākūkā a i ke ʻano o ke ola i loko o ka hale.
"No kekahi poʻe he ʻoihana e like me ka mea maʻamau, akā hopohopo kekahi poʻe e pili ana i ka hoʻohemo ʻana a ʻaʻole loaʻa iā lākou nā hana," wahi a kahi kanaka i ʻōlelo ai ua hana ʻo ia i loko o ka waihona waihona kālā o Lehman i kona haʻalele ʻana i ka hale.
"Aia kekahi poʻe i luna a hana i kā lākou mau papahana," wahi āna. "Ke hopohopo nei kekahi poʻe ʻaʻole lākou i ka hana a ke hoʻopaʻa nei lākou," wahi a ke kanaka, ʻaʻole i hōʻike ʻia.
Hele mai nā kāne i ʻaʻahu ʻia i nā lole lole, ʻoiai ua komo kekahi poʻe limahana i ka hale me nā mea i ʻike ʻia he mau ʻeke ʻeke kaʻawale - ʻo kekahi e pāʻani ana i ka brand Lehman - a laila haʻalele me lākou me ka piha.
ʻO nā mea ʻē aʻe - ua ʻaʻahu ʻia kekahi i nā pālule Lehman, i puka mai me nā faila accordion, nā mea hoʻopaʻa i hoʻopiha ʻia me nā pepa a me nā pahu piha.
ʻO kahi limahana Lehman i ʻōlelo mai ka home, akā hōʻole ʻia e ʻike ʻia, ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "ʻAʻohe o mākou kamaʻilio mai luna. Inā loaʻa iaʻu kahi hana ʻē aʻe, makemake wau i kahi ʻōlelo aʻo.
