atypical hollywood life

When it was past [-] o'clock in the morning in Los Angeles, no one on the "William and Lillian" knew that two planes crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.

Even those drunks who had drunk fragments and were carried into the room by the ship's staff in the early hours of this morning were forced to wake up by knocking on the door.This kind of tragic and catastrophic event is no longer just a matter of a few people, but a worldwide disaster. If the terrorists are allowed to continue, everyone will suffer.And no one knows whether the disaster will continue to spread. Is the World Trade Center the first target to be hit or the only attack target?Panic has spread throughout the continental United States!

It has been more than three hours since the New York time where the incident happened. All the news channels in the United States have been occupied by this disaster that shocked the world. The picture of the plane crashing into the building was continuously rebroadcasted on the TV. Smoke and flames, the media groups canceled all the entertainment news and turned their attention to the scenes on the streets of Manhattan.

The super-large TV in the entertainment room of the cruise ship has been moved to the deck, and the images of the police and firefighters constantly shuttling are displayed on it. In the upper corner of the screen, the wreckage of the South Tower and the North Tower are still billowing black smoke. Pedestrians on the street fled in panic... People have changed from screaming and roaring in disbelief to crying and silence.

The people who were enjoying life in high spirits last night seemed to have become extremely haggard within a few hours, and all the people were immersed in this panic and panic and couldn't recover.

"The Pentagon and the White House have been hit." A man put down the phone and said solemnly.

From early morning to now, almost no one on this ship has had a rest. Everyone is constantly calling, calling relatives, friends, superiors, and subordinates... Even Margaret dialed 20 After many phone calls, I received more than a dozen calls.This is based on the fact that she has gathered most of her friends who live and work in New York and Washington on the 'William and Lillian', otherwise the number will increase.

Margaret looked gloomy, the situation was too tragic.September 2000th is not a rest day. All the offices of the World Trade Center are open and busy with work, and the flow of people is endless. According to the current speculative data, the number of casualties will be at least [-]!And that doesn't include the firefighters and police who rushed into the building to rescue them.

Thanks to the indiscriminate bombing by major media groups, she can clearly see how the World Trade Center was hit and how it collapsed.This is no longer just another Pearl Harbor incident. There are not only external attacks, but even the secret pushes of those politicians.

The South Tower and the North Tower, two World Trade Center buildings, one burned for less than an hour, and collapsed completely within ten seconds; half an hour later, the other burned for less than an hour and a half, and also collapsed within ten seconds. The interior collapsed, but in fact the fire in the two buildings only spread to 4 floors.Is this almost identical way of collapsing to tease everyone as fools?

Not to mention that the Empire State Building, which was too far away in 1945 when it accidentally hit a bomb and caused a fire, was intact, nor did we think that the three fires that occurred in the North Tower of the World Trade Center in 1975 had no past history of collapse.In 1988, a 63-story building in Los Angeles burned for three hours, and the fire spread from the top floor to four floors without collapsing; in 1991, a 38-story building in Philadelphia burned 19 people. The eight floors of the building were affected within an hour, but they still did not collapse. Now the two buildings of the World Trade Center collapsed after burning for less than two hours?Or was it poured out in a form similar to blasting, is this a joke?

And what she just learned from the phone is that Building No. [-], which was far away from these two buildings, also collapsed, and it fell in almost the same way as the South Tower and the North Tower, collapsing vertically and approaching the speed of free fall , completely crushed, without damaging other surrounding buildings!That place has never been hit by a plane!Now after she heard that the White House and the Pentagon were hit by planes, she couldn't help cursing those politicians maliciously in her heart, it would be better if they were all dead!

Conceal or report or tell, but still add fuel to the flames?Margaret sneered. Although she is not a good person and has a small mind, she is still incomparable to this group of people who 'cooperate with terrorists from the inside out' and their internal organs are black.This is really insane!

"Oh, God!"

"Why is there such a terrible thing?

"Who will save us?"

After a bad and flustered morning, these already quiet people began to panic again.

This group of people even dared to commit suicide bombings to the Pentagon and the White House, what else would they not dare to do?

A group of people who were worried about their relatives and friends left in the morning, and then some people who left for work. Now these people who gathered here to continue to pay attention to the next news can't sit still.They are really worried about the safety of their family members. Even if the sky is banned, they still have to drive back home. They don’t know what will happen if they continue. They can’t wait any longer!

"Meg, thank you for inviting me yesterday. May God bless you!" A lady with disheveled hair gave Margaret a hug and left the cruise ship.

If Margaret hadn't invited her, she would have been in Boston yesterday, and she would probably be on the plane that crashed into the World Trade Center today, and the woman from Warner Bros. is so glad she escaped the catastrophe.

There are not a few people who have the same idea as her, and these people are veritable trapeze people.There are only a few big cities in the United States, and most of their business is concentrated in these places. They shudder when they think that they almost got on those hijacked planes. Their thanks to Margaret can be said to be sincere.

Now these people have no intention of stalking around, and soon, the guests on the "William and Lillian" left here one after another, basically people from the United States, including Matthew and Clarice. They all leave here and rush back.Things have come to this point, presumably the country is in chaos, they simply give the company's staff a holiday, and go home to calm down.

In the end, only a few guests from abroad and a few relatives and friends remained on board.

Andrea was given a big vacation by Margaret because of her unexpected pregnancy, and she went back to her hometown of Connecticut with Mr. Langdon to raise her baby.Excluding the couple, the rest of the people on the boat who were scheduled to take this journey are James Cameron, Ian McKellen, and Ewan McGregor who were originally scheduled to go out with them. The Greggs, Robert Downey Jr., plus grandfather Arthur Miller, Rebecca and her husband Daniel Day Lewis who have been stationed on the ship for many years.

Arthur's mood fluctuated too much in the morning, and he had gone back to his room to rest when he was old, so his daughter and son-in-law followed the old man back to take care of him.The couple Ewan McGregor and Mr. Ian McLean from the UK looked at each other after dialing the number to book a ticket and got a news that US Airways was no-flying. It seems that they can only wait until William and Lily Ann' disembarked while passing through England.

So after arranging for those guests who came from afar, the only crew left on the deck besides the cruise ship staff are James Cameron, Robert Downey Jr., Karl Morris and, uh, Luke Hansen gentlemen.

"It doesn't matter that I'm single now, and my friends and family are safe." James Cameron shrugged.

The bunch of phone calls just now have proved that the family and friends are intact, and he can't help with the rest, so why not continue with the original plan!At least you can stay away from this heavy and depressing atmosphere.

The one with a similar attitude to him is Robert Downey Jr., who is also a single dog. His son lives with his ex-wife, and his father doesn't need him to take care of him.If it is work, it is estimated that Hollywood will also be affected during this period. Even if it is not affected, he cannot find a crew willing to give him a role, so he will continue to float with Margaret.

So he spread his hands, "You know mine."

Karl Morris calmly made a round of phone calls and continued to be his invisible man on call after receiving news that his family and friends were safe.

As for Luke, "I just called the professor and asked for a few days off. I thought maybe a foundation to assist the victims of this incident would be the focus of my recent busyness before completing the integration of my industry. "

Like Margaret, Luke stopped temporarily after making the phone calls until he got hot. After that, he quickly asked his professor for leave, and planned to do some things within his ability during the recent period.He can't stop this kind of disaster, but it's not in his character to just watch.

He made a lot of money in the sniping against Lei Shidong, and he has already explained something to his family.In addition to the property purchase expenses and budgeted investments that have already been spread out, as well as some of the funds still in the account on the New York Stock Exchange, he still has about 1000 million in liquidity.Just in time to set up a foundation to help those who were hurt by this catastrophe, and even save the time to go to the IRS to pay taxes!

Besides, he is about to graduate anyway, so it is not a problem to ask for a few days off. The professor who took them even praised him after hearing his plan. Useful, if not, he and his friends can help out in friendship.In this catastrophe, if he can contribute, he will contribute. Luke's behavior moved him very much, so without saying a word, he approved the leave and contributed some of his contacts.

Margaret was surprised for a moment, since the two of them thought of going together.

"I plan to do the same. I can't help them any more in other ways, so I can only contribute a little bit on this point. If you need me, I can also provide information on this aspect." Margaret said earnestly explain.

Now people's eyes are on the matter itself, there are speculations about the hijacking incident everywhere, few people pay attention to the victims themselves, many families have lost their financial support in this disaster, and some people will be affected Physical injuries, and some people were buried deep under the collapsed Twin Towers.While waiting for the group of people from the government to make a gesture, the day lily was cold.They need to do something.

Luke's heart moved, and he blurted out without going through the brain, "I think maybe we can jointly establish a foundation. In this way, the strength will be concentrated. As for the accounts, we directly hire accountants from PricewaterhouseCoopers to do it. Transparent way. What do you think?"

"United Foundation?" Margaret thought for a while and thought it was a good idea.

It is true that the concentration of power can do more than that of decentralization, and it is reassuring to have full transparency in the accounts.In addition, after knowing each other for such a long time, Margaret felt that Luke's character was quite trustworthy.