Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20190715:07:38:00
>> reporter: a strange sight even to imagine, times square without its iconic lights, but it was plunged into darkness. broadway shows were cancelled. a concert had to be evacuated at madison square garden. people were pouring out on to street corners trying to figure out what was going on. traffic coming to a standstill with the traffic lights out at the same time. the power outage affected some 40 blocks of manhattan. it started with a failure at a substation. five other substations were to blame. the mayor and con ed saying it wasn't a physical attack or cyber attack and had nothing to do w...
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