New York (Reuters) Aug 24 ,2005 Breaking News: A black helicopter with 10 PPT members on board crashed in an attempted landing on the NYSE heliport this afternoon. The PPT, also known as the Plunge Protection Team, was enroute to stuff an apparently losing afternoon market. The only survivor, Augustus Sound, said, "The market needs stuffing, we were on our way. It is laughable that we crashed along with the market".
That explains everything, quick send in the backups, every good team has a backup. They must all ready be in place as the selling has subsided.