Photos: This Was New York City During The Massive 2003 Blackout
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People leave by foot via the Brooklyn Bridge on August 14, 2003 ( Dan Callister/Shutterstock)
Peter Abeles, a professor at Columbia University, directs traffic at Sixth Avenue and 14th Street in New York after a major power outage on August 14, 2003 (MIKE APPLETON/AP/Shutterstock)
People hitch a ride on the back of a van, August 14, 2003 (Shutterstock)
Passengers waiting on a subway on August 14, 2003 (Robbie Bailey/AP/Shutterstock)
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A police officer helps a subway passenger out of an exit on August 14, 2003 (Jason Szenes / EPA/Shutterstock)
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Officials try to direct passengers at Grand Central Terminal (Jason Szenes / EPA/Shutterstock)
People being helped out of sidewalk subway exits on August 14, 2003 (Shutterstock)
People gather to make payphone calls on August 14, 2003 (the cellphone towers were jammed!) (FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP/Shutterstock)
The skyline on August 14, 2003 (Jason Szenes / EPA/Shutterstock)
People being helped out of sidewalk subway exits on August 14, 2003 (Shutterstock)
People trying to board NY Waterways ferries (Shutterstock)
Light-less on August 14, 2003 (Shutterstock)
People sitting outside a closed subway station (Shutterstock)
Crowds in Times Square (Shutterstock)
People leave by foot via the Brooklyn Bridge on August 14, 2003 ( Dan Callister/Shutterstock)
MTA workers help subway passengers from trackers (Diane Bondareff/AP/Shutterstock)
Commuters sleep on steps of the Farley post office (MIKE APPLETON/AP/Shutterstock)
A stranded passenger sleeps on the luggage area at JFK Airport (Julie Jacobson/AP/Shutterstock)
Commuters sleep on the steps of the Farley post office on August 14, 2003 (MIKE APPLETON/AP/Shutterstock)
Travelers waiting at Laguardia Airport on August 14, 2003 (FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP/Shutterstock)
Commuters crowd around a bus in Midtown on August 14, 2003 (LOUIS LANZANO/AP/Shutterstock)
People flood Madison Avenue on August 14, 2003 (LOUIS LANZANO/AP/Shutterstock)
Traffic on Broadway (MIKE APPLETON/AP/Shutterstock)
The sun rises on August 15, 2003 (JACQUELINE LARMA/AP/Shutterstock)
A man tries to hail a cab (Jason Szenes / EPA/Shutterstock)
Pedestrians walk through Times Square on August 14, 2003 (Jason Szenes / EPA/Shutterstock)
Pedestrians walk through blackout Times Square (Jason Szenes / EPA/Shutterstock)
The Empire State Building is illuminated ( Jason Szenes / EPA/Shutterstock)
NYC as viewed from Weehawken, NJ on August 14, 2003 ( Mitch Jacobson / EPA/Shutterstock)
Commuting home on foot (Hayden Roger Celestin / EPA/Shutterstock)
When you're commuting home on the Brooklyn Bridge with the rest of NYC during the blackout, you need some sax ( Hayden Roger Celestin / EPA/Shutterstock)
Looking at the skyline (ERIK C PENDZICH/Shutterstock)
(ERIK C PENDZICH/Shutterstock)