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Live Free or Die Hard - timeline
October: Thomas Gabriel designs a program that would back-up all financial information for the United States at a facility called Woodlawn.
Wednesday 4th July: Disgruntled former government employee Thomas Gabriel creates a "fire sale," taking out the country's transportational, financial & utility infrastructure to throw the U.S. into chaos. Looks like a job for John McClane... (Washington, D.C.)