An international group of journalists learned that aircraft from the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) were to bomb the blockade at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 28, 1937, so many of these gathered atop the Butterfield & Swire building to take photographs of the bombing attack.
Sekelompok jurnalis internasional mengetahui bahwa pesawat dari Angkatan Laut Kekaisaran Jepang (bahasa Inggris: Imperial Japanese Navy, IJN) akan mengebom blokade tersebut pada pukul 14.00 hari Sabtu, 28 Agustus 1937, sehingga beberapa wartawan berkumpul di atas gedung Butterfield & Swire agar bisa mengambil foto-foto serangan udara tersebut.