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A survivors story
A Survivor’s Story

I was on my way; there were 20 miles to go till I got to New York. I had come all the from San Jose to purchase approximately 50 million dollars worth of shares in AT&T. On this journey I am being accompanied with my associate, his name was Mike Ross. And me, I’m Harvey Specter extremely proud owner of IBM.

Finally we arrive in New York and the time is 9am on the dot. We make our way to the World Trade Center and of course we get stuck in traffic. So to avoid being late and missing the meeting we rush out of the car and sprint our way to the building, which is in sight but around 2 blocks away. We had to really rush as we had another meeting later on that day in New Jersey. We get to the Trade Center and ask the receptionist which floor AT&T is based on. As soon as we find out we make our way up taking the stairs and not taking any risks of waiting for the elevators. We get to the floor and there is sweat literally leaking from us. But we had no time so we had to go and get this deal done as soon as possible. Then we get in the main office and get straight down to business. Around an hour later we all come to a decision and get down to signing the paperwork. We managed to get a deal of $1.07 per share, which was lower than I expected so I was highly fortunate. But then…

Out of nowhere the building shook and continued to shake. What’s happening I keep asking myself and then scream start to fill and congest my mind, the view from the window covered with thick dark smoke. All of sudden I can almost smell death. I rush out the room to see what the cause of this is and what’s going on and my head become more and more bloated with screams and the emotion of fear. I gaze outside the window and I just stand there and think. How do I get myself out of this? I kept asking myself this and wondered and wondered. Until it struck me the best idea I could think of and it all comes from a children’s movie. Mary Poppins of course. The umbrella scene

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