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I was there when the lights went out and New York was plunged into darkness

I’m the lifelong resident of a vast and complicated metropolis that smugly prides itself on never stopping. Subways, buses and cabs running day and night, bodegas and diners open 24/7, hundreds of ...
The New York Times

New York City Blackout of 2003

For Op-Ed’s 40th anniversary, an adaptation of an essay by Richard Price. By Richard Price The massive blackout on Aug. 14, 2003, five years ago, exposed many flaws in the nation’s fragile power grid.