blog post for Justin Kammer

http://abcnews.go.com/Archives/video/july-14-1977-nyc-blackout-10252811

This video is an original ABC news segment clip from January 14, 1977, the day of the 1977 Blackout in New York City. The summer of 77 (The Summer of Sam), during the Carter administration, was reeling from a steep economic and financial downturn, and high crime and poverty in its lower-income neighborhoods. The blackout, unlike the relatively peaceful NYC Blackout of 1965, was characterized by extensive looting and arson even into the daylight hours. The Blackout had lasting political and cultural effects, embedded into the memory of New Yorkers during one of the hottest summers the city had experienced. Had the blackout lasted more than 24 hours, one can only imagine the adverse effects it would've had on the Big Apple.