The last five days has witnessed the re-shaping of Wall Street, with the takeover of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America and the bailout of insurer AIG. But no event has had more visibly personal consequences than the collapse of Lehman Brothers. At the end of a momentous week , Financial News asked one London-based employee for their own account of the last few days. The employee is known to Financial News, but has asked to remain anonymous.

Wednesday September 10