Photos: This Was New York City During The Massive 2003 Blackout
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People leave by foot via the Brooklyn Bridge on August 14, 2003 ( Dan Callister/Shutterstock)
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People leave by foot via the Brooklyn Bridge on August 14, 2003 ( Dan Callister/Shutterstock)
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Peter Abeles, a professor at Columbia University, directs traffic at Sixth Avenue and 14th Street in New York after a major power outage on August 14, 2003 (MIKE APPLETON/AP/Shutterstock)
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Peter Abeles, a professor at Columbia University, directs traffic at Sixth Avenue and 14th Street in New York after a major power outage on August 14, 2003 (MIKE APPLETON/AP/Shutterstock)
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People hitch a ride on the back of a van, August 14, 2003 (Shutterstock)
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People hitch a ride on the back of a van, August 14, 2003 (Shutterstock)
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Passengers waiting on a subway on August 14, 2003 (Robbie Bailey/AP/Shutterstock)
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Passengers waiting on a subway on August 14, 2003 (Robbie Bailey/AP/Shutterstock)
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A police officer helps a subway passenger out of an exit on August 14, 2003 (Jason Szenes / EPA/Shutterstock)
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A police officer helps a subway passenger out of an exit on August 14, 2003 (Jason Szenes / EPA/Shutterstock)
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(ERIK C PENDZICH/Shutterstock)
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Officials try to direct passengers at Grand Central Terminal (Jason Szenes / EPA/Shutterstock)
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Officials try to direct passengers at Grand Central Terminal (Jason Szenes / EPA/Shutterstock)
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People being helped out of sidewalk subway exits on August 14, 2003 (Shutterstock)
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People being helped out of sidewalk subway exits on August 14, 2003 (Shutterstock)
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People gather to make payphone calls on August 14, 2003 (the cellphone towers were jammed!) (FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP/Shutterstock)
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People gather to make payphone calls on August 14, 2003 (the cellphone towers were jammed!) (FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP/Shutterstock)
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The skyline on August 14, 2003 (Jason Szenes / EPA/Shutterstock)
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The skyline on August 14, 2003 (Jason Szenes / EPA/Shutterstock)
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People being helped out of sidewalk subway exits on August 14, 2003 (Shutterstock)
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People being helped out of sidewalk subway exits on August 14, 2003 (Shutterstock)
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People trying to board NY Waterways ferries (Shutterstock)
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People trying to board NY Waterways ferries (Shutterstock)
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Light-less on August 14, 2003 (Shutterstock)
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Light-less on August 14, 2003 (Shutterstock)
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People sitting outside a closed subway station (Shutterstock)
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People sitting outside a closed subway station (Shutterstock)
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Crowds in Times Square (Shutterstock)
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Crowds in Times Square (Shutterstock)
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People leave by foot via the Brooklyn Bridge on August 14, 2003 ( Dan Callister/Shutterstock)
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People leave by foot via the Brooklyn Bridge on August 14, 2003 ( Dan Callister/Shutterstock)
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MTA workers help subway passengers from trackers (Diane Bondareff/AP/Shutterstock)
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MTA workers help subway passengers from trackers (Diane Bondareff/AP/Shutterstock)
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Commuters sleep on steps of the Farley post office (MIKE APPLETON/AP/Shutterstock)
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Commuters sleep on steps of the Farley post office (MIKE APPLETON/AP/Shutterstock)
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A stranded passenger sleeps on the luggage area at JFK Airport (Julie Jacobson/AP/Shutterstock)
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A stranded passenger sleeps on the luggage area at JFK Airport (Julie Jacobson/AP/Shutterstock)
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Commuters sleep on the steps of the Farley post office on August 14, 2003 (MIKE APPLETON/AP/Shutterstock)
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Commuters sleep on the steps of the Farley post office on August 14, 2003 (MIKE APPLETON/AP/Shutterstock)
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Travelers waiting at Laguardia Airport on August 14, 2003 (FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP/Shutterstock)
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Travelers waiting at Laguardia Airport on August 14, 2003 (FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP/Shutterstock)
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Commuters crowd around a bus in Midtown on August 14, 2003 (LOUIS LANZANO/AP/Shutterstock)
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Commuters crowd around a bus in Midtown on August 14, 2003 (LOUIS LANZANO/AP/Shutterstock)
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People flood Madison Avenue on August 14, 2003 (LOUIS LANZANO/AP/Shutterstock)
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People flood Madison Avenue on August 14, 2003 (LOUIS LANZANO/AP/Shutterstock)
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Traffic on Broadway (MIKE APPLETON/AP/Shutterstock)
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Traffic on Broadway (MIKE APPLETON/AP/Shutterstock)
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The sun rises on August 15, 2003 (JACQUELINE LARMA/AP/Shutterstock)
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The sun rises on August 15, 2003 (JACQUELINE LARMA/AP/Shutterstock)
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A man tries to hail a cab (Jason Szenes / EPA/Shutterstock)
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A man tries to hail a cab (Jason Szenes / EPA/Shutterstock)
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Pedestrians walk through Times Square on August 14, 2003 (Jason Szenes / EPA/Shutterstock)
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Pedestrians walk through Times Square on August 14, 2003 (Jason Szenes / EPA/Shutterstock)
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Pedestrians walk through blackout Times Square (Jason Szenes / EPA/Shutterstock)
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Pedestrians walk through blackout Times Square (Jason Szenes / EPA/Shutterstock)
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The Empire State Building is illuminated ( Jason Szenes / EPA/Shutterstock)
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The Empire State Building is illuminated ( Jason Szenes / EPA/Shutterstock)
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NYC as viewed from Weehawken, NJ on August 14, 2003 ( Mitch Jacobson / EPA/Shutterstock)
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NYC as viewed from Weehawken, NJ on August 14, 2003 ( Mitch Jacobson / EPA/Shutterstock)
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Commuting home on foot (Hayden Roger Celestin / EPA/Shutterstock)
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Commuting home on foot (Hayden Roger Celestin / EPA/Shutterstock)
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When you're commuting home on the Brooklyn Bridge with the rest of NYC during the blackout, you need some sax ( Hayden Roger Celestin / EPA/Shutterstock)
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When you're commuting home on the Brooklyn Bridge with the rest of NYC during the blackout, you need some sax ( Hayden Roger Celestin / EPA/Shutterstock)
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Looking at the skyline (ERIK C PENDZICH/Shutterstock)
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Looking at the skyline (ERIK C PENDZICH/Shutterstock)
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(ERIK C PENDZICH/Shutterstock)
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(ERIK C PENDZICH/Shutterstock)
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