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CBS News Radio flashback: New York City blackout of 1977

On July 13, 1977, the great New York City blackout plunged the Big Apple into darkness and chaos throughout the very hot, humid night. Major Garrett introduces CBS News Radio's coverage of the outage that saw nearly 1,400 stores looted, more than 1,000 fires set and more than 3,700 people arrested.

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According to CBS News’s source item, CBS News Radio flashback: New York City blackout of 1977, On July 13, 1977, the great New York City blackout plunged the Big Apple into darkness and chaos throughout the very hot, humid night. Major Garrett introduces CBS News Radio’s coverage of the outage that saw nearly 1,400 stores looted, more than 1,000 fires set and more than 3,700 people arrested.

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