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JFK International Airport: 1977 Blackout NYC
The blackout of 1977 blacked out New York City for more than 25 hours. Time magazine dubbed the blackout as “The Night of Terror” with stores being looted and burned, robberies, rape, and murder.
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Excerpt from Restaurant Confidential: The Down and Dirty Exploits of a Restaurant Manager
1977 Blackout in New York City
On July 13, 1977, at around 9:15 pm I am in the International Arrivals Building (I.A.B.) doing a walk-through to ensure that the food units and bars that usually close at 9:00 pm were indeed closed. I was nearing the end of my shift and my girlfriend Paula was going to pick me up in my car and we were going to go to her parents’ place in Vermont for a four-day mini-vacation. . .
Within one hour the backup lighting system failed and the airport was totally dark. Being a manager, the first thing you learn is to get the money, so I had all my management staff pull the gates in front of each bar and food operation and collect the money from the patrons. . . '
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With the entire city and the airport blacked out, all flights were cancelled and literally thousands of people were roaming the airport in search of shelter and comfort.
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