The weekend that Wall Street died

Rolling up to the meetings at around the same time was Goldman's chief, Blankfein. A Goldman aide, referring to days of meltdowns and meetings, carped to Blankfein: "I don't think I can take another day of this."

Blankfein retorted: "You're getting out of a Mercedes to go to the New York Federal Reserve -- you're not getting out of a Higgins boat on Omaha Beach. So keep things in perspective."

From an article in yesterday's WSJ.