Hell's Kitchen was on fire.
A massive explosion had killed several people.
John learned of the news-well, that very day.
His home was high enough, after all. With a fire that big, it wasn't as if he were blind.
He didn't know the exact cause, though. That wasn't his territory anyway.
It looked like Silverhand Fashion Architecture would have some more work coming its way.
By the next day, news reports revealed that the fire had been even worse.
Several neighboring apartment buildings had also been reduced to charred ruins.
Many of the victims had survived the Battle of New York. They had thought the disaster was over, never imagining that a new nightmare was just beginning.
The blaze had burned away so many people's hopes. Even those who survived had lost everything they owned.
The incident quickly drew attention from all quarters.
Then a photograph suddenly went viral.
Daredevil, wearing his dark red suit, had been photographed beneath the building that exploded.
At that moment, the flames of public opinion turned on Matt.
John looked at the photograph on television and clicked his tongue. "Looks like Matt's going to take the fall."
Just as he had expected, the public outrage over the explosion surged toward Matt.
Daredevil went from the guardian of Hell's Kitchen to a suspect who might have caused the explosion.
At the same time, John learned another, less conspicuous piece of news through Dax.
There had been an attempt on Wilson Fisk's life.
While Fisk was working out in the gym, a rival gang inside the prison sent someone to assassinate him.
The assumption was that the other inmates had learned Fisk was leaking information to the FBI and decided to turn on him.
The incident put Fisk in danger, while the FBI had only just