2003 Blackout, Five Years Later
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<p>Times Square was in darkness.</p>
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<p>Brooklyn beckoned, though without lights.</p>
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<p>Times Square, with the only light from cars.</p>
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<p>Trapped on a subway.</p>
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<p>Somewhat sweaty Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta, Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.</p>
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<p>People wandered outside Grand Central Terminal.</p>
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<p>People made the best of the evening by enjoying it--here are people dancing in Union Square.</p>
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<p>People swarmed to payphones, because the cell towers weren't working.</p>
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