The day the economy broke, in tweets

Ten years ago today, on Sept. 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. The investment bank’s collapse set off the world’s worst financial crisis in generations.

It was a different time. Donald Trump was a reality star, Tesla was an obscure startup, and Barack Obama was a first-time presidential candidate. To get a sense of what it was like, Quartz collected a selection of tweets from the then two-year-old social media site on that fateful day:

Monday, September 15th, 2008 (All times US Eastern)

Before the market open: Midnight to 9am

Trading begins: 9:00am to noon

Is this really happening? Noon to 2:00pm

This is bad: 2:00pm to 5:00pm

Heaven help us: 5:00pm to 7:00pm 

Fear and loathing: 7:00pm to midnight