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August 10, 2005
The Brazilian Job
I wonder if Terry Benedict owned this bank:
Thieves spent three months tunneling under a busy city avenue in northeastern Brazil to break into a Central Bank vault and pull off one of the world's biggest heists.
The robbery netted 156-million reals ($67,8-million) from a vault at the Central Bank in the city of Fortaleza, 2 500km northeast of São Paulo, said federal police spokesperson Sabrina Albuquerque by telephone.
Not to get all misty-eyed on you, but this is totally the greatest robbery ever. They dug a tunnel, for three months, under a city street. They didn't set off any alarms, or tip off anybody as to what they were doing. I'm sorry, but that's cool.
My mom wondered what they did with all the dirt. Personally, I think they used to Great Escape method, which involved rigging up a little bag inside your trousers and discreetly releasing the dirt when the Nazi guards aren't looking. Ahh...
But, sadly, life can't be like the movies, and these thieves aren't George Clooney and Brad Pitt (or even Scott Caan.) I imagine they'll be getting hauled off to jail eventually, and they probably won't even be wearing tuxedos when it happens. Nevertheless, bravo!
Posted by oz115 at August 10, 2005 09:40 AM