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Putting out a tweet saying conditt is working to restore power on the west side of manhattan. nypd and the fdny responded to calls. counterterrorism units remain deployed at these locations. we are three hours into this tom. the firefighters know where everyone is trapped is or in so many of these older residential buildings are they having to go building by building and checked the elevators? what is the protocol? >> no, they dont know. the hotel emergency management has boosted operations. the...

At, we can never say anything definitively, at this moment, it appears to be a mechanical issue. what were seeing is something mechanical. the next concern, of course, is for anyone in a situation where they need immediate help, and thats the folks in the elevators, especially, i understand theres two subway trains as well, that help is going to right now. they have air conditioning, lights on, im told. those passengers will be gotten off those trainings immediately. those are the folks im conce...

So many of these buildings including ours, have generators. but that power goes to the most of critical places and that would not be street signs. the fire department working hard to rescue folks who might be stuck in elevators. even our own building which is more than 40 floors. we have a message alerting folks stuck on the upper floors to remain calm, call a number, and they are working to get folks out. the fire department says they are responding to hundreds of rescues on the westside as fol...

Stelter joining us on the phone. brian, youve been personally impacted by this since you werent here at work when all of this began. were seeing these incredible images, dark radio city music hall, dark subways. what are you seeing? >> reporter: around me, ana, a lot of high-rises in midtown manhattan. there are [ inaudible ]. >> obviously were having trouble with brians audio. brian, lets try to establish a better connection so we can hear what youre saying. >> reporter: sure. >> i know youve b...

Controllers. 93 ambulances sent onto the streets in this neighborhood. were learning now 400 elevators had to be cleared, 2800 people who were stuck on the subway had to be led out. what is amazing is that there were no major incidents, no major injuries. traffic, of course, brought to a standstill. madison square garden having to be evacuated. the lights on times square and on broadway going dark. but again, no injuries. now mayor bill de blasio is saying it will be a long process, but new york...

City. im hopeful, again, this is something that will be of very limited duration. but no, we used to have a fair number of them. lately, certainly in the six years ive been mayor, theyve been very rare in the scheme of things. >> are you planning to return to new york city? >> im going to get more information in the next hour or so, and well adjust my schedule accordingly depending on what i hear. >> what are your biggest concerns right now? >> my biggest concern initially was to make sure that ...

There are people, senior citizens and folks that need power. and we have a hospital there and other things. we want to make sure it comes on right away. i heard a few minutes ago from the chief of the department, from the nypd, terrence monahan, who said if there are any emergencies, people should call 911, if theres someone that needs help. the city needs to mobilize to make sure we get the power back on, we provide accurate and calm information to the public and we get help to anyone who needs...

System is always one hundred percent operational all the backups are in place, the best design is in place, so it is one substation fails you dont have a domino of over substations this is not the first time that i have been with mr. mcevoy going to look at substation in a failed, right? i have seen this movie. and the system has to be designed in a way that one substation can fail but doesnt ripple, and we have to have a system that has redunnedancy backup we are lucky tonight the emergency wor...

Out. take a look at that bus. just packed as people make their way home during the blackout. >> i know that bus very well. it goes straight to the upper west side. >> people are probably looking at this and saying it is coastal. you have thousands of people, possibly hundreds of thousands without power. there are many, many people were told who are trapped on subways, trapped in elevators. you have a lot of elderly people who may not be with any sort of help right now. so this is going on more t...

Life support critical patients you have action plan this type of thing happens. >> we do something we plan for all the time whenever there is a power our knowledge we look at service we look at people trapped in elevators people on life support, demand very good community affairs cops know who those people are thank goodness battery for most of them no segers injuries a lot of people effectuated, as you can see, lights come back this on now figure out issue. >> is there any indication what happe...