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Inside of the building. no air conditioning. people were walking up a series of very steep stairs. i was talking on a bellman who has gone up 30 flights of stairs to try to check with people to make sure they were doing okay. as i went further up the stairs, it was sweltering. >> you're not a new yorker. you're from the south. and there are a lot of people probably wonderering and watching why we're continuing coverage of this, why should people in other parts of the country care about this? we know that it is an alarming thing. many are in danger because they're trying to get down from top fl...

Rooms. has the busy saturday. no doubt they were at 90, 95% occupancy. the lights go out and you have people trapped at the 36th floor. that is just one hotel. they may or may not have back-up elevators. >> you saw it. i think ths that question. what is it? is it temporary? and then the practical situation. it's warm out. there is no air conditioning. how will people get from point a to point b? how will people eat? you saw a lot of the restaurants surrounding the area. they're not able to service anyone. people saying, we can't serve beverages. we can't cook anything.

Screen. it is barely recognizable. our building here, it is filled with meant of shops. the top of the rock is very popular and would be on a night like this with thousands of tourists going to the top to look at the landscape and the skyline. the marquis shut down. dark. this is being streamed on facebook right now. back to adam right there. i do know we have a lot of emergency officials who have been out there on the streets. a lot of people are still trapped. have you gotten a sense of whether the subways are still shut down? have they shut down the stops? >> i'm not sure. i did hear people...

Joining us. you're not too far from lincoln center. walk us through it. >> i'm right across the street from lincoln center. i'm going to swing the camera around. we've seen it go from light to dusk to now almost pitch black on the upper west side of manhattan. you see a lot of police vehicles, people walking around. this would typically be a busy upper west side. typically these restaurants would be filled with customers. people eating outside.

To a specific geographical area is an important thing to remember. the fire department is also saying that they're asking people to only call if there is an emergency because they've had a spike in the volume coming through. they've asked people to avoid those low lying areas. i know you were outside of the studio. what is it looking like? are you now seeing lights come on slowly again? >> reporter: unfortunately no, lights just yet. right behind me is radio city music hall. you can see the whole building is still dark right now. typically this building would be glowing. specially iconic sign ...