When he went to work on Sept 15, he and other colleagues were asked to attend an emergency meeting. -- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN
THREE days before Lehman Brothers went bust, triggering off one of the world's most horrific financial meltdowns, DBS Bank relationship manager Wilfred Quek was having coffee with his colleagues and debating the fate of the American investment bank.
'My call was that there was no way the Fed was going to let it go down. Some people said it was possible, but not to me and many others,' said the 31-year-old.
'When it happened, I was honestly shocked.'
When he went to work that Monday morning of Sept 15, his fifth-floor office at Ngee Ann City was already buzzing with talk of what might have happened to Lehman Brothers over that weekend.
Read the Sunday Times to find out more about the drama as it unfolded.
