NEW YORK - Barka da zuwa sabon jan hankalin yawon bude ido na New York: hedkwatar 'yan'uwan Lehman.
Yana iya zama ghoulish, amma yayin da Lehman ke kusa da siyarwa ko gazawar kai tsaye, kuɗin sa a matsayin zanen yawon buɗe ido yana ƙaruwa.
Yayin da masu mulki da masu banki suka yi tururuwa zuwa babban bankin tarayya na New York da ke karamar Manhattan ranar Lahadi don yanke hukunci kan makomar Lehman, bugu-bugu sun sauka a hedkwatar bankin Manhattan na tsakiyar gari don kama wani yanki na tarihi kafin ya bace.
"Ban sani ba ko har yanzu zai kasance Lehman a cikin 'yan watanni," in ji Dulles Wang, wani manazarci a kamfanin wutar lantarki NRG Energy wanda ke zaune kusa da Lambun Madison.
"An ɗauki shekaru ɗari don gina kamfani irin wannan kuma yana da bakin ciki idan ya tafi."
"Ina fata in dauki hoton Bear Stearn kuma," in ji shi.
Hedkwatar Lehman a kan titin Seventh tsakanin 49th da 50th streets, kawai arewacin Times Square, na iya samun wasu manyan hotunan bidiyo da ke da alaƙa da "Crossroads of the World", amma ba irin abubuwan mamaki na gine-ginen da yawanci ke jan hankalin T-shirt da taron kamara.
Yana da ƙofa da aka ajiye tare da ƙofofin gilashin da ke kaiwa zuwa falo. An makala sunan kamfanin da launin toka mai launin toka, haruffan ƙarfe zuwa bangon baƙar fata masu kyalli da ke gefen kofofin.
Alamun suna, wanda yawanci ba a kula da su don nuna goyon baya ga ɗimbin hotuna masu yawo, bidiyoyi masu launi, sun zama abin sha'awa a cikin sanyi, da safiyar Lahadi yayin da mutane ke kallon gidan sabon babban mai kuɗi don fuskantar lalacewa.
Mutane da dama ne suka fito suna murmushi kusa da tallar sunan kafin wani jami'in tsaro ya kori su. Kusan mutane goma sha biyu ne suka dauki hotuna a tsawon sa'o'i da dama da safiyar Lahadi.
A cikin gari a ginin Tarayyar Tarayya, rana ta uku na tattaunawa ta fara da karfe 7:30 na safe na isar da jaka uku daga Dunkin'Donuts.
Black limos sun isar da shugabannin banki - na farko Citigroup's Vikram Pandit, sannan JPMorgan's Steven Black, sannan wasu - bayan masu gadi, wanda a karfe 10 na safe har yanzu 'yan jarida da masu daukar hoto sun fi yawa a wajen ginin dutsen toka.
Har ila yau, an tsaurara matakan tsaro fiye da na ranar Asabar, kuma sun hada da amfani da wasu motoci tara masu duhun shudi na Gwamnatin Tarayya, wadanda suka matse kafafen yada labarai daga ginin.
KOFI, KOFI DA KARIN KAFI
A wani lokaci, wani mai tafiya a ƙasa ya je kusa da gungun 'yan jarida, wanda aka sanya kyamarori a kan wasu 'yan sanda a kan titi, ya tambayi ko suna daukar fim.
Wasu kuma sun dauki hotuna a gaban taron jama'a, yayin da wasu maharba da suka kori masu ginin kaddarorin Lehman zuwa ginin katanga mai kama da Fed, suka kwanta a jikinsu.
Shugabannin da ke zuwa da tafiya sun taru, amma ma'aikatan tallafi sun kasance masu yawan magana.
Wata mai shan sigari a wajen Fed ta ce ta yi aiki na sa'o'i 15 a ranar Asabar kuma tana tsammanin hakan a ranar Lahadi.
Dillalan wutar lantarki a kusa da katafaren teburin dakin allo suna cin abinci a kan kifi, lasagna, dankali, broccoli da kukis a yammacin ranar Asabar, in ji ta. A ranar Lahadi, suna da tsiran alade na turkey, naman alade, qwai, irin kek, muffins, salatin 'ya'yan itace da kofi na Starbucks.
"Kofi, kofi, kofi," in ji su, 'kayan karfi.'
A wajen ofisoshin Lehman, ma'aikata galibi sun ƙi yin magana game da tattaunawar ko yadda rayuwa take a cikin ginin.
"Ga wasu mutane kasuwanci ne kamar yadda aka saba, amma wasu mutane suna damuwa game da rashin ruwa kuma ba za su sami aikin yi ba," wani mutumin da ya ce yana aiki a sashin bankin zuba jari na Lehman ya fada yayin da yake barin ginin.
"Wasu mutane suna kan bene suna aiki a kan ayyukansu," in ji shi. "Wasu kuma suna cikin damuwa cewa ba za su yi aiki ba kuma suna tattara kaya," in ji mutumin, wanda ya ki a bayyana shi.
Maza sanye da riguna sun zo suka tafi, yayin da wasu ma'aikata suka shiga ginin da abin da ya zama babu komai a cikin jakunkuna - wasu suna wasa da alamar Lehman - sannan suka tafi tare da su cike.
Wasu - wasu sanye da rigar Lehman, sun fito da fayilolin accordion, masu ɗaure cike da takardu da cikakkun valises.
Wani ma’aikacin Lehman da ya yi magana daga gida, amma ya ki a gane shi, ya ce: “Ba mu da wata hanyar sadarwa daga sama. Idan na sami wani aiki, ina son gargaɗi.”
