A Day Without a Cell Phone

On September 11 there were be cell phone service in Illinois... and by Illinois, I mean Chicago... and Chicago, I mean for just me. This is based on a very true hypothetical situation. On the aforementioned day, Illinois woke up and not a single properly working cell phone was left in the state. They have all disappeared; chaos, tragedy, and social alienation ensue.

A thick fog surrounded the state of Illinois blocked off any cell phone carrier's satellites. Any and all communication has been cut off and all of the cell phones are not properly working: broken touch screens, out of service text messages, no outgoing or incoming calls, and constant roaming! What is a state to do without access to Google Maps?!  Cars are abandoned on the street. Food is left cooking on the stove. Planes fall out of the air. Businesses are closed down. People don't know where to meet for happy hour. The world has ended.

We meet the wife of a musician who cannot reach her husband after a gig; a state Senator who cannot call his maid when she doesn't show up for work, and a teenage girl who cannot even text, idk bff her bff, Jill Kim. A scientists asks any cell phone provider to volunteer for genetic experiments: a Sprint technician and a Verizon salesman. Why them? And where has all the cell phone service gone? Even the old people are grieving. The state and its economy grind to a halt.