A month ago a man in Lebanon did the same and was considered a national hero: https://www.npr.org/2022/08/16/1117658776/lebanon-bank-hostage-economic-crisis ht

A month ago a man in Lebanon did the same and was considered a national hero: https://www.npr.org/2022/08/16/1117658776/lebanon-bank-hostage-economic-crisis https://www.npr.org/2022/08/16/1117658776/lebanon-bank-hosta... (also mentioned in OP's article, but some people don't or can't read the article)