[ WP ] 7am never arrives

Most mornings I wake up a few minutes before my alarm goes off so I doze as I wait for seven am. It was 6:56 that Tuesday morning when I woke up, I had four minutes so I closed my eyes and woke again at 6:59. I waited for 7 for what felt like too long but checking my phone it was still 6:59. I looked at the digital clock on my bed side table and starred at it, waiting for the digital dial to flick to 7:00. It felt like minutes but it did n't change; nor did my phone. I looked at the analog clock on my bedroom wall, the hands were pointing at 6:59 but the second hand had stopped at a second before seven o'clock. 
 
 Something was not right so I got up and walked around the flat, every read out or clock was frozen at 6:59am. I did n't know why and I did n't know what time it was so I set off to work, skipping breakfast in case I was late. My walk to the station is always quiet at half past seven but that morning was even quieter with only one car passing by on the ten minute walk and the shop which opens at seven thirty am was still shut up so maybe I was n't late for work after all. At the station I found that the digital clock on the board displaying the trains due read 6:59 and the 7:47 I usually get was displaying. The ticket office was not yet open so I bought a ticket at the automated machine, the receipt read 6:59 as the transaction time. I got a coffee from the vending machine in the waiting room and sat down to wait. My phone continued to read and my watch still refused to tick. 
 
 It was 6:59 when I finished my coffee and I checked my phone again. A message flicked across the screen `` no service'' at the same moment the station tanoy boomed into life `` This is a customer service announcement. We regret to inform you that all services from this station have been cancelled indefinitely due to current events''. 
 
 Despite the message on my screen, I decided to try and phone work to let them know I could not get in. The phone beeped in my ear and abruptly cancelled the call. 
 
 What the fuck is going on?
