| A walk in the dark |
Photographs and notes from a long walk home during the Blackout of 2003. | |
| By Dustin Ross / New York | |
| Monday, September 29, 2003 | |
![]() Click here to enter the visual essay. On Thursday, August 14, starting at 4:10 p.m., twenty-one power plants in the Northeast and Midwest shut down in a span of three minutes. Energy grids quickly dried up, computer screens shut off, and lights fizzled as millions of Americans suddenly found themselves without power. This collection of photographs documents a seven-hour, six-mile walk home from 60th Street in Manhattan to Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn. |