As trading pits close, old timers recall the 'roar' from the floor in an age before computers
July 05, 2015 at 09:53 AM EDT
Pete Meegan had every intention of going back to college, but then he got a summer job in the Chicago trading pits and fell in love with the "roar" of the floor, the excitement of "4,000 people yelling, 'Buy! Buy! Buy!'" and decided no more classroom for him.