
#5 Blackout
The Bowery Boys: New York City History
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The Looting in the Streets
CNN's John Sutter talks about the looting that took place in New York during the blackout. He says it was like a "Christmas time shopping spree atmosphere" People were setting fire to stores and taking anything pretty much indiscriminately. The cops were sort of ineffective, he says; one reporter saved goldfish from looters by filling his car hubcap with hydrant water.
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