Elevator Pitch

When four people board an elevator in a Manhattan office tower, each one presses a button for their floor. But instead of stopping at each floor, the elevator travels non-stop to the top of the building. Once there, it stops for a few seconds and then plunges. Right to the bottom of the shaft. It is a horrific, random tragedy. But then, on Tuesday, it happens again in a different Manhattan skyscraper. And when Wednesday brings yet another high-rise catastrophe unlike any seen before, New York City—the nation’s capital of media, finance, and entertainment—is plunged into chaos. Clearly, this is anything but random. This is a calculated bid to terrorize the city. And it’s working. Fearing for their lives, thousands of men in women working in offices across the city refuse to leave their homes. Commerce has slowed to a trickle as people are intimidated by the strikes themselves and the lack of answers about what caused them or who might be behind them. Who is behind this? Why are they doing it?