“During the 2003 New York Blackout, I was at my grandfather's place in Queens. It was night time and we decided to go out to check out the city with no lights on. Once in a life time opportunity, right ?

So we barely made it to the end of our block where there were 2 ambulances and 5 cop cars blocking the street. On the sidewalk we saw the dead body of a man, face down in a pool of blood. His back was all bloody, like if he had been stabbed multiple times. We just went back to the apartment and gave up on sight seeing.”

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