Blackout NYC 2003: I've never seen you before...

[WindsorSpitfiresRock]

It drives me insane when people talk about god in the middle of the sidewalk/street... like seriously....

[Modernprankz]

What the hell!? 4:04 ONLY MEXICANS R GOING IN THERE LMFAO LAZY ASSES

[eric4444444444444444]

Hahaha, I remember this. Me and all of my neighbors cleaned out our freezers and had a party.

[MrFunnyvideos4u]

it sucks if u were in the train cause the subway is super dirty

[warn81]

man all those people piling into the fedex truck...seemed dangerous, but that was nice of them.

[BeautyLifePeace]

this say was horrible,i was watching tv with my ac then everything turned off. i was aggy lol

[67tr876]

That day sucked ! The night was the worst no AC i could not get to sleep the heat was bad. And we had to chek up on my grandad and walk up 16 floors. Ya it was hell lol

[edbo10]

All the people who looked up at the sky at night during the blackout were just like wtf...so many stars...

I hate light pollution.

[DrSurprise]

@edbo10

I was the same!

[Wehategod]

I was in my Bathroom at home when the lights went out

[0100110101001011]

i was stuck in a porter potty for 3 days

[Glitch94]

Summer of 2003 was the day New York City went to SLEEP! I was 8 years old when this happened

[libatako]

Party at central

Park!!! You know who you were!, lighting that small bonfire

[cookieBX11305]

i remember this day me and some friends went swimming that night. it was so fun swimming with no light but the one from the flashlights. dam but it was hot all day no fan no ac dam

[mrfourtysevenman]

that was a wierd day for me. i had pet chickens and moments after i found out they all died THE POWER WENT OUT

[TRISTAN1095]

lol due this is funny you dont even see this coming

[mobius1234]

I escaped NY 1 hour before this happened ^^

[GamingPalooza]

man... I am from Connecticut and I remember when this happened. I was in my living room and all of a sudden my fan starting spinner faster and faster... and then everything started dimming out.. then we lost power completely. The power in Connecticut came back on sooner then NYC and the other areas, and then we got live CNN feed seeing what happened... and we saw a whole bunch of New Yorkers migrating to some other area of the city on foot.

[slapshot68]

why was the subway still working?

[sweetheart2109]

@slapshot68 I think they run dieasl fuel

[mystiqueman366]

i can't believe so many people were affected by this blackout.

[sweetheart2109]

@mystiqueman366 believe it I am from the detroit area and it was hot

[zeebeejee]

What a fantastic piece of history. Could anyone tell me what song is playing at the end of the movie?

[drewdnyc]

@zeebeejee It's called Pray For The Lights To Go Out by the Golden Gate Quartet.

[7StoryMagnet]

whoever editting this is a genius

[kachondo]

those blackout days were nice, you could see almost all the stars at night.

[punishalltrolls]

@kachondo was the milky way visible too? how many nights did the blackout happen?

[angelinajoanie]

excellent footage.

[Zuesandme]

I thought i was the cause of that when i was little in 2003 i was watching tv to much then boom blackout hahaha i thought it was my fault XD

[joel10701]

that was the worst day of my life!

[silverwindow49]

@joel10701

Why was it, please explain......I'll undertand if you don't want to x

[omegapoint444]

Some people up & down the east coast said they became friends with their neighbours that they didnt really know before this~

[justinaurelius]

you should have sent this to news agencies.

[testchimp23]

I was stuck on an escalator for 6 hours.

[WESKER96]

lolz.

[DrSurprise]

@testchimp23

how did you ever manage to escape? XD

[CHNJ101]

@testchimp23 why couldn't u walk?

[spunkransom2]

wow, this just goes to show how much electricity, is part of our lives. Let alone how impacted we would be if it happen today.

[k2nickmn83]

hope the old timer made it ok, my parents 2 sisters and other family were in ny on vacation wen it happend

[lupejl]

Great thing you had your camera with you.

[thePRkid08]

I remember this day. I was buying sneakers and suddenly, all the lights in the stores went off. It was around 4pm, so the sun was still out, but I had to walk up so many flights that day. The best part of it was talking with our neighbors in the hallways. We all had flashlights and talked for about an hour. I had a B/W tv that used batteries, which gaves us details on what was going on. I wake up at 8am and my room is cold, which meant the AC was working again. It was an experience to remember.

[tonemusic8527]

hahahahaha thank god i was outside on that very fun day lol..

[psychedelicsoul]

Wow this is actually a great video you got here. There is more drama to this. First video I see that has about people inside a train as well. I remember on the blackout when 2 guys were shouting at each other and were about to fight. They were in their cars and it was traffic.

[Calitomnication]

Good movie, i was there, this was my first NY experience ever. One day that i'll never forget :)

[swim40fins]

That was beautiful. Did you plan for that to happen? How incredible to have your camera w/ you.

[troystar]

Wow this is so well done. Is it actually footage from the blackout? It feels very real.

[georgereyes1372]

This is sublime. I missed he actual blackout but it was as if I was there. xoxoxoo george r

[drewdnyc]

thanks, George, sorry I missed you down here. XX Drew

[dhenderson116]

@georgereyes1372 I didn't miss the blackout, unfortunately. It took me over 8 hours to get home that night because the NYC Transit Authority buses loaded all the people up at their first stop and forget about everyone else on their routes. Also, they stopped running certain routes early on, as is it were a normal night. I also walked down 40 flights of stairs on a bad knee. The worst day of my life. Thanks NYC Transit Authority for the lousy job you did and no response to my letters.

[sanamau]

Outstanding. One of

YouTube most meaningful

presentations.

[mzdezi718]

i remember that day but i was in a building tho wif my friend it was madd fun tho even tho people was popping off gunz but dont want that to happen this year tho.

[rosedagal]

puts you there - the heat, stuck and fanning in the subway and the 'escape', the relief of sunlight and 'typical' chaos that ignores the preacher amid the crush of the mob, and the driver stuck atop looking down, the gushing water. then the eeriness of night and a plunge into connection with the older man who reminds us to see the universe, and the sweet tinkling of music again. also admire the camera style and use of voices.

[afrophonic]

I remember this day so clearly Drew...a superb vignette that captures that day perfectly.

[joeygadget]

Man, this short is at once claustrophobic, overwhelming, beautiful, scary and, in the end, so touching, in a most humane way. Here's to Gunther!

[misscaste]

Totally captured it.