The images of the 2003 Blackout in New York City provide a much better story than can be told in words. As the evening sets in the Bronx, with no electric in sight, we present this flashback of images of the 2003 story…
Cell phones circuits were overloaded, making payphones desirable.
…and on the outside tracks in the outer boroughs.
Columbia professor Peter Abeles directs traffic at 6th Avenue and 14th Street as
many pedestrians became traffic cops for an afternoon.
Mayor Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Kelly, and Fire Commissioner Scoppetta at a
press conference; they look sweaty.
Times Square’s lights were out.
Dancing in the Dark in Union Square.
People on Broadway at Union Square.
People teem in the streets outside of Grand Central.
Others decide to hitch a ride on a bus.
The only light in the city came from the cars.
People were trapped in the subways.
And look rather (rightly so) miserable.
Workers helped people through the tunnels…
Folks retreated to bars to unwind.
People cross the Brooklyn Bridge.
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