A Look Back: Major blackout hits New York City on July 13, 1977
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A Look Back: Major blackout hits New York City on July 13, 1977
On July 13, 1977, 45 years ago Wednesday, a major blackout hit New York City. For 25 hours, the darkness led to total chaos, with widespread looting and fires in the streets. We're taking a look back at this moment in New York City history. CBS2's Jim Jenson and John Tesh lead our coverage of the 1977 blackout.
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This heat wave’s got us flashing back to the 1977 New York City blackout—and not in a nostalgic way. 🥵 For all our Gen Z and millennial friends: the power grid couldn’t handle the pressure back then, and the whole city went dark. We mean pitch black. No AC, no streetlights, no subways—just sweat, sirens, and a whole lotta chaos. We were just girls, fanning ourselves on the stoop and listening to updates on tiny radios while the world melted around us. That skyline shot we used in the video? Tha
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