[ WP ] For one day , every single mechanism , from complex electronics to simple machines , fail to work for no reason .

The planes fell first. Every one on the planet. F-22s, 747s, and the last remaining Blackbird all fell out of the sky. 
 
 Rockets mid-flight cut out, the fuel still burning, bringing the monstrous rockets into the ground. 
 
 Trains slid to a halt. Cars crashed in the streets, lights went out. The oven stopped baking buns, the TV shut down. 
 
 Everyone lost their money. Banking systems and trillions of accounts were simply... poof. 
 
 And no one cared. Because the bicep stopped contracting. Our diaphragm stopped pumping. Our pupils dilated. Oxygen could n't reach our brains. Our lungs could n't help us scream. 
 
 For twenty-seven minutes and twelve seconds, the machinations of the world froze. 
 
 And when everything righted itself, nothing happened. 
 
 There was no one to turn it back on.
