VelvetBlade
August 15th, 2003, 10:02 AM
One Dead, One Hurt in New York Blackout
57 minutes ago
http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/my/my16.gifAdd Top Stories - AP (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/addtomy/*http://edit.my.yahoo.com/config/set_news?.add=aprt&.src=yn&.done=http%3a//news.yahoo.com/%3ftmpl=story%26cid=514%26e=2%26u=/ap/20030815/ap_on_re_us/blackout_new_york) to My Yahoo!By LARRY McSHANE, Associated Press Writer NEW YORK - As lights began to flicker back on in New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at least one life had been lost and one firefighter seriously injured as the city responded to 80,000 emergency calls. http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030815/thumb.1060952560.blackout_new_york_njgw102.jpg (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030815/168/4zgvb.html)
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But the city stayed calm as police and firefighters dealt with double the normal volume of calls and 60 serious fires, due mostly to candles used to stave off the darkness. There were over 800 elevator rescues, Bloomberg noted, as he praised the city's response. "Things on balance, almost 100 percent, did work," Bloomberg said. The mayor said he expected the rest of the city's power to be restored by the end of Friday. "In short, New Yorkers showed that the city that burned in the 1970s when facing similar circumstances is now a very different place," he said. Bloomberg urged people to stay home from work, check on their elderly neighbors and drink lots of water to cope with the heat.
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57 minutes ago
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But the city stayed calm as police and firefighters dealt with double the normal volume of calls and 60 serious fires, due mostly to candles used to stave off the darkness. There were over 800 elevator rescues, Bloomberg noted, as he praised the city's response. "Things on balance, almost 100 percent, did work," Bloomberg said. The mayor said he expected the rest of the city's power to be restored by the end of Friday. "In short, New Yorkers showed that the city that burned in the 1970s when facing similar circumstances is now a very different place," he said. Bloomberg urged people to stay home from work, check on their elderly neighbors and drink lots of water to cope with the heat.
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