The Paradise Camp Fire, the Malibu mudslides and in the not-so-distant past portions of the South mired in post-hurricane misery have seen their share of suspected looters being arrested. Opportunists to the core, these looters may be driven less by actual need and more by causal connections to tragedy and proximity.
But what happens when it's not that? What happens when, during a day like any other day, the part of our social fabric that most of us take for granted is not there to be taken for granted anymore? On July 13, 1977, at precisely 9:36 pm, that happened: Every single light in New York City went out.
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