Superstorm Sandy Hits New York

First responders called into action as city plunges into darkness

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

NEW YORK CITY — Much of New York City and surrounding areas were plunged into darkness Monday night as the superstorm lashed the East Coast with incredible wind and rain. Airports in metropolitan New York City have been closed until further notice and power outages number over 1 million customers.

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Superstorm Sandy Hits New York

The facade of a four-story building on 14th Street and 8th Avenue collapsed onto the sidewalk as FDNY firefighters respond, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)

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New Yorkers Inundate 9-1-1 System as Sandy Plunges City into Darkness

Superstorm Sandy Hits New York

FDNY inflatable boats travel along 14th street towards the East River on a rescue mission in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

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New Yorkers Inundate 9-1-1 System as Sandy Plunges City into Darkness

Superstorm Sandy Hits New York

Sea water floods the Ground Zero construction site, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)

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New Yorkers Inundate 9-1-1 System as Sandy Plunges City into Darkness

Superstorm Sandy Hits New York

Lower Manhattan goes dark during superstorm Sandy, on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, as seen from the Brooklyn Heights promenade in the Brooklyn borough of New York. One World Trade Center, background center, remains brightly lit. Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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New Yorkers Inundate 9-1-1 System as Sandy Plunges City into Darkness

Superstorm Sandy Hits New York

Streets are flooded under the Manhattan Bridge in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, N.Y., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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New Yorkers Inundate 9-1-1 System as Sandy Plunges City into Darkness

Superstorm Sandy Hits New York

Consolidated Edision trucks are submerged on 14th Street near the ConEd power plant, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Sandy knocked out power to at least 3.1 million people, and New York's main utility said large sections of Manhattan had been plunged into darkness by the storm, with 250,000 customers without power as water pressed into the island from three sides, flooding rail yards, subway tracks, tunnels and roads. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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New Yorkers Inundate 9-1-1 System as Sandy Plunges City into Darkness

Superstorm Sandy Hits New York

A few dozen people take refuge from Hurricane Sandy at a Red Cross shelter, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Deer Park, N.Y. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

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New Yorkers Inundate 9-1-1 System as Sandy Plunges City into Darkness

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