At Least They Had a Good View
Gothamist reports that the famous Roosevelt Island tram lost power yesterday, trapping about a hundred people in the air for abou two hours. Apparently, the only engineer who knew how to turn on the backup generator was stuck in traffic in Westchester. The solution? Fly a NYPD helicopoter out to pick him up and bring him down to flip the switch on the backup generator.
I won't even comment on the fact that only one person knows how to turn on the backup generator.
Anyone ever read James Goodman's fantastic Blackout about the cause of the great NYC blackout? If you haven't, I won't spoil the end, but let's just say that it was something as idiotic as that which ended up bringing the entire city to its knees.back in 1977.
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amg | 01:27 AM |
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