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Posted by italianstallion on Mon Nov 9 16:25:12 2015, in response to Today is fifty years since the big northeast blackout, posted by BrooklynBus on Mon Nov 9 13:28:14 2015. I was in high school and on a West End T train heading to Astoria in the 60th St. tunnel. The lights flickered, came on again, and went out. After about an hour in the train (with the emergency lights on, thank goodness), the powers that be decided to evacuate us. It was, of course, a jammed rush-hour train. I happened to be in the first car (at the RFW!). So I got out early. We were walked by guys with flashlights along the catwalk through the tunnel to the middle. Then we were told to climb up the 153 steps (I counted!), up an emergency staircase to Roosevelt (then Welfare) island. From there, we walked across the 36th Ave. bridge to Astoria where we were on our own. Fortunately, the buses were running and I caught a Q19A (now 69) bus home to the Ditmars area, where my frantic parents awaited.I so clearly remember the view of Manhattan from Welfare Is. -- total darkness except for the headlights on the FDR Drive. Luckily, there was a full moon that night. Some older people in the train who could not climb the steps were allowed to stay on the train and were there all night, I was later told. |
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