The negotiator at the door of the bank was wearing a body armor and was still trying to talk to the robbers inside. Ruiz came to the ESU, asked them about it, and then borrowed the structural diagram to take a look at it for himself. Jimmy also came over and saw the structural diagram of the building. It was taught at the FBI academy, but it only required them to identify passages, doors, stairs, elevators, and the locations of safety escape devices. It didn't involve very deep content.
This bank is located in about half of the ground floor of an apartment building. It is just a small bank outlet. After the first floor of the apartment building was reinforced, a storage warehouse and a small vault were set up at the back. The storage warehouse is relatively larger, mainly for supplies. A safe deposit box for outsiders to store some important items.
The lobby and office area are separated in the front. There is no particularly large or empty lobby like in the movie. The space here is relatively small.
Jimmy is a little confused about the fact that such a small bank has a storage warehouse. Generally, things that need to be kept in banks are very important. Why not go to the headquarters or a separate large bank to set up a safe deposit box? Are small banks like this really safe?
Now it seems that the two robbers are not necessarily in the vault or the storage warehouse. Many people rob banks to keep important items in the warehouse. Some of them have designated safe deposit boxes to open, and some plan to directly wrap up the various items inside. The contents of the safe deposit box, including many jewelry, gold bars and valuables, will be stored in the bank safe deposit box, as well as various bonds, securities certificates, property rights documents, contracts and other important documents.
Jimmy did not tell Ruiz his speculation. As senior detectives, Ruiz and the others had seen many cases and would definitely have their own ideas, especially when Jimmy saw Ruiz's fingers on the drawing. The warehouse location stayed for a while.
Ruiz returned the drawings to ESU and took Jimmy back to the FBI's location.
Ruiz: "Jimmy, the NYPD is in charge of the scene right now. Let's wait here."
Jimmy: "OK, by the way, is OPR's investigation of me over?"
Ruiz: "I didn't get any news. When I called Hughes just now, he didn't say anything. He just agreed to let you come together."
Jimmy: "So do I start working? Or do I work overtime?"
Ruiz glanced at Jimmy: "When the matter is over, go on vacation. Don't worry. I will apply for overtime for you."
Jimmy shrugged. Anyway, he was not short of the salary for working overtime for a while, but it was the first time he encountered a bank robbery. Watching the NYPD handle it live was more boring than watching a movie. There were various scenes interspersed in the movie. There will also be footage of the robbers, while they are just standing guard outside.
However, there is no need to worry about the robbers escaping for the time being. The bank branches all have ground reinforcements during the reinforcement work, and the sewers have also been strengthened for protection. Don't even think about escaping by opening a manhole cover like in the movie.
After waiting boringly for half an hour, Jimmy looked around. There was a shop not far away with a few fishing rods hanging outside. It should be a fishing tackle shop. He thought about it, said something to Ruiz, and walked over directly. , luckily it was really a fishing tackle store. Instead of buying a fishing rod, Jimmy bought two folding chairs for fishing.
When Ruiz saw the chair that Jimmy brought back, his eyes felt a little strange. Jimmy assigned a chair to him, and the two of them sat directly behind the wall to rest. It would be great if he bought two cups of coffee on the way. Drinking coffee until ESU is ready to storm the bank, buying coffee now is a bit much.
Ruiz and Jimmy were sitting and waiting. Suddenly there was movement from the NYPD. They immediately stood up and went over to see what was going on. The negotiator had already retreated. He came to the side of the ESU and was communicating with them. Someone from the NYPD was also listening in the ESU team. He still had a mobile phone in his hand, and he was probably communicating with them.
A few minutes later, the ESUs began to prepare for action. The bulletproof shields they had put aside had been picked up, and other people began to line up according to the group. Suddenly everyone heard a very muffled explosion sound, and everyone turned to look at the bank. Nothing could be seen from the front door, but the sound just now was wrong. The sound of an explosion was different from the sound of gunfire or a car tire blowing out. No matter what, it was not a good thing.
The two ESU teams did not wait any longer, but started to head towards the bank entrance under the cover of shields. The door was fixed by the robbers. The ESU team members used the door hammer to break it open twice, and then the shield holders in the front row opened it. The team members began to advance, and the team members behind also entered with guns raised.
Jimmy and the others were outside and couldn't see the situation inside the ESU team, but surprisingly, there was no gunfire at all.
Two or three minutes after the ESU team entered, the NYPD outside suddenly ran towards the door, presumably to inform them of something. Unfortunately, Ruiz and the others did not bring walkie-talkies, so they could only follow the flow of people into the bank.
As the police entered, all the hostages in the hall were untied. The hostages were tied with wide plastic straps. It was difficult to break free, but as long as there was something sharp, it was easy to cut.
The NYPD police officers were comforting the hostages, and some people entered the back through the office area. Jimmy and the others also followed in. Good guys, the original steel reinforcement at the sewer location was cut and then a hole was blown. This is where the robbers went directly underground. He repaired the pipe network and then ran away.
The 4 robbers were divided into two teams. The two robbers inside brought the bank manager in. They were blindfolded, tied up their hands and feet and placed outside the storage warehouse. They violently opened the warehouse and installed explosives here. , the two robbers outside may have taken advantage of the return of the negotiators, sneaked in, met the two robbers who had not appeared before, detonated explosives, and then escaped.
The NYPD began to mobilize manpower and notified the city government to obtain pipeline information. People from the FBI's Queens office also joined in mobilizing manpower.
Jimmy looked at the underground pipe network. Maybe his eyesight was limited when observing things underground. The distance he could see in this kind of underground pipe network was much shorter than that of ordinary buildings. Jimmy looked at the direction of the pipes and figured out the direction. , went straight out and started chasing on foot along the pipeline.
Because he didn't know which direction the robber was going to the pipeline, Jimmy could only choose one direction and run for a while to see. If he couldn't find it, he would go back to the other side.
This was no longer the time to explain to Ruiz. No one except Jimmy could see the situation of the pipe network, so they could only try their luck first and later.
As a time traveler, Jimmy's luck is really bad. With a 50% probability, he chased for more than a hundred meters and still didn't find it. It seemed that he had chosen the wrong direction, so he immediately changed direction and headed towards the other side. While running over.
(End of chapter)
