Twenty years ago this month, the earth stood still as word spread of the Dow’s plummet — the worst securities-market panic in half a century. A rollicking “decade of greed” came crashing to an inglorious last call. Tapping the traders and market players who were closest to the action, sifting through myth and hype, we’ve detailed one of the darkest days in history — in the words of those who lived it.

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