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"Terror in New York City" is the fourth episode of the first series of ''Thunderbirds'', a British 1960s Supermarionation television series co-created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. Written by Alan Fennell and directed by David Elliott and David Lane, it was first broadcast on ATV Midlands on 21 October 1965. In this episode, International Rescue must save a reporter and his cameraman who are trapped underground following the collapse of the Empire State Building – without the help of a damaged ''Thunderbird 2''. ==Plot== Scott (voiced by Shane Rimmer) and Virgil Tracy (David Holliday) prepare to fly back to Tracy Island following a successful operation to extinguish an oil well fire in the desert. While Virgil returns Firefly to ''Thunderbird 2'', TV news reporter Ned Cook and his cameraman, Joe, ignore Scott's earlier warning and film the lift-off of ''Thunderbird 1''. The men believe that they hold the makings of an award-winning news story until Scott, having chased their vehicle from the air, uses an electromagnetic pulse to erase the illicit footage. During the flight home, ''Thunderbird 2'' is deemed hostile by United States Navy strike vessel USS ''Sentinel'' and severely damaged in a surface-to-air missile attack. Although the ''Sentinel'' desists after Jeff (Peter Dyneley) urgently radios Washington, D.C. to disclose the aircraft's identity, Virgil only narrowly avoids hitting the ocean and is barely able to pilot the stricken machine onto Tracy Island's runway before falling unconscious. While Virgil slowly recovers from his ordeal, Brains (David Graham) organises extensive repairs to ''Thunderbird 2'', which will require weeks to complete. Meanwhile, the New York City authorities start to move the Empire State Building to a new location to make way for the regeneration of Midtown Manhattan. Disaster results when a subsidence causes the building to slip from its hydraulic jacks. Ned and Joe, who are covering the event, are swallowed up by the crevice formed by the subsidence and trapped underground when the Empire State Building collapses overhead. Re-establishing communication with his studio via a microphone, Ned reveals that the cavern is filling with water. On Tracy Island, where IR have been following the broadcast, Brains theorises that the destruction of the Empire State Building was caused by the currents of a subterranean river. Realising that Ned and Joe will drown – yet also aware that without ''Thunderbird 2'', the limited range of ''Thunderbird 4'' makes it impossible for Gordon (Graham) to reach the accident zone without third-party assistance – Virgil suggests that the submersible be transported to New York onboard the ''Sentinel''. Jeff obtains Washington's approval; however, the ''Sentinel'' In New York, the authorities drill a hole into the ground to supply Ned and Joe with air and rations. After landing in ''Thunderbird 1'', Scott oversees the delivery of breathing equipment with which the men can keep themselves alive until ''Thunderbird 4'' arrives. Eventually, the cavern is completely submerged and Ned and Joe are forced to don the equipment; they have enough air for two hours, but Gordon will not reach them before then. ''Thunderbird 4'' is offloaded from the ''Sentinel'' in the Hudson and Gordon quickly locates the mouth of the river running under Manhattan Island. Ned and Joe assist his search by swimming upriver to meet him. At ground level, the subsidence expands and threatens the neighbouring Fulmer Finance Building. Aware that the impact of another skyscraper collapse will be fatal to Ned and Joe, Scott warns Gordon that he has less than three minutes to recover the men. With their air supply virtually exhausted, Ned and Joe finally make contact ''Thunderbird 4'' and enter the submersible's airlock seconds before the Fulmer Finance Building is destroyed and the shockwave devastates the river bed. Some time later, the convalescent Ned introduces his regular TV show in front of a live studio audience by publicly thanking IR for saving his life. Unknown to him, most of the organisation is sitting in the back row. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Terror in New York City」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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