Terrorists Attack Vontaug, Verrazano-Narrows Bridge!
November 10, 2007
Vontaug Industries and the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge were targeted by last night’s series of brutally effective terrorist attacks.
In response, the terrorist alert for New York has once again been raised to red.
The attackers first struck a Vontag shareholder’s meeting, opening fire and throwing grenades at Vontag management on-stage. Preliminary reports at time of press suggest that this attack claimed at least fifty lives. This attack was followed up by an attack on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge which resulted in a forty-car pile-up, closing the bridge to all traffic in both directions and resulting in a city-wide traffic jam. The final and most serious attack targeted Vontag corporate HQ in Staten Island. Over twenty attackers launched a well-coordinated suicidal attack using assault weapons, high-explosives and other military-grade weapons. (story continues)
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Where Will Vontaug Go Now?
November 13, 2007
Fears that the recent terrorist attacks have permanently crippled Vontaug Industries caused its stock to drop over 30 points in trading Monday, settling at a price to just over half of its price at the close of markets Friday.
Early yesterday afternoon, Vontaug announced Victor Solomon as the company’s acting president following the death of the bulk of Vontaug’s senior management in Friday’s terrorist attacks. This announcement, however, was insufficient to calm investor fears regarding the country...
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Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Reopened
November 13, 2007
Following a weekend of round-the-clock effort, workers finally cleared the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge crash late yesterday morning, finally fully reopening the bridge at noon.
It is still not clear how terrorists were able to simultaneously induce sensations of intense pain in so many drivers on the bridge. Neither federal investigators nor the NYPD will comment on the issue on the record.
One popular theory is that the attack was carried out through the use of a stolen experimental pain induction device developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a charge hotly denied by DARPA…
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Final Death Toll Rises to 80
Last night’s death of eight-year-old Karen Lydia Polski bring the final death toll of the 11/9 terrorist attacks to 80. Karen was seriously critically injured during the attack on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge when the car she was riding in was crushed between two semis, killing both her parents. Her death last night came after a series of desperate surgeries…
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Iraq Insurgency tactics used in Vontaug attack
Terrorists attacking Vontaug Industries HQ used techniques and equipment similar to those used by the Iraqi Insurgency.
According to sources familiar with the ongoing federal investigation, the terrorists in the attack used military-grade Soviet-model assault rifles, pistols, grenades, radios and tactics. In additions, the attackers also used large amounts of military-grade explosives in both their truck bombs an in their attack on the building itself. A mortar was also used.
Following the breakup of the Soviet Union, equipment of this nature freely entered international markets. In addition, a large number of factories outside Russia continue to produce this type of military equipment. Many American collectors actively seek out equipment of this type…
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Horoscopes
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Dirge's horoscope column will not run today.
(OOC: This paper is a reconstruction based on available materials. The editor could not find any records of the horoscopes originally printed for this game date.)
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