This is the opening scene in Jeffery Deaver’s novel Steel Kiss:

Eighteen people injured at mall in Hong Kong after escalator unexpectedly goes backwards and speeds up.

Eighteen people injured at mall in Hong Kong after escalator unexpectedly goes backwards and speeds up. https://t.co/hyEiaLtO73 pic.twitter.com/SwosB1VOm0

— ABC News (@ABC) March 27, 2017