"<i>...they could not get armored truck carriers to come into downtown Chicago due to fears, fanned by the media, associated with the Sears Tower. With banks beginning to run low and one bank needing as much as $1.2M right away, Chicago Fed employees found “alternate methods” of getting the currency delivered within two hours."</i><p>Oh c'mon! There has to be a great story behind those words "alternate methods". Were Fed employees carrying boxes of cash in the trunks of their cars to the banks?