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the state investigation begins now. several eyewitnesses say they don't think it was the wind. they saw a worker on one of the lift towers at the time of the accident. they wonder perhaps if he did something that caused the accident. the good news is the blizzard actually helped. they got lots of snow here and they say all that snow actually padded the fall when those people crashing to the ground. rob and mike? >> it could have been a lot worse. trains are again moving across the susquehanna river in central pennsylvania after a freak accident there. strong winds may have caused ...

since sunday, may finally get somewhere today. the major area airports are open again. >> and passengers on the first flight to land at laguardia here in new york, say applause broke out. emily schmidt is tracking the aftermath from washington. >> reporter: rob and mike, good morning to you. here's one sign of the blizzard's strength. it forced the nfl to play a sunday game on a tuesday night, for the first time in nearly 60 years. this is a storm that threw the entire east coast off schedule. the snow is no longer falling. but its problems continue to pile up. >> trying to shovel ou...

new york city central park. we actually set a record. sixth snowiest blizzard of all-time with 19.8 inches of snow falling in new york city over this blizzard. we set a record in atlantic city for the all-time snowiest day where they received 17.4 inches. so it looks like we're really going to continue to clean out after this snow storm. and winds are still going to be a major problem. most of the snow has ended despite some lake effect snow showers coming into upstate new york. with the winds still racing at 30 to 40 miles per hour, we are talking about widespread drifting and blowi...

again. >> and passengers on the first flight to land at laguardia here in new york, say applause broke out. emily schmidt is tracking t aftermath from washington. >> reporter: rob and mike, good morning to you. here's one sign of the blizzard's strength. it forced the nfl to play a sunday game on a tuesday night, for the first time in nearly 60 years. this is a storm that threw the entire east coast off schedule. the snow is no longer falling. but its problems continue to pile up. >> trying to shovel out of this snowstorm. of 2010. >> reporter: people from north carolina to maine, ar...

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