That year, before shofur blowing, my rav gave the shortest speach in history. He said “If the events of the past week can’t inspire you to do teshuva, nothing I can say today can” Then he klapped on the bima and we the baal tokea started the brachos. I also heard someone say that if only Half of the stories that were cirulating then were true, it is still amazing.
Hashem should send Moshiach soon. We so need Moshiach. Halivai very soon.