A Consolidated Edison logo is shown outside the building where union workers are protesting Tuesday, July 10, 2012, in New York. Consolidated Edison Inc. and the union representing its employees plan to resume negotiations on Tuesday afternoon. Negotiations between the power company and Local 1-2 of the Utility Workers of America have been going on for weeks. The contract expired more than a week ago. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Con Edison Union
(New York, NY) — Firefighters across the city were busy rescuing people trapped in elevators and on subways late last night, when the power went out around midnight. Con Edison says a fault in a transmission line at a Brooklyn power station caused the outage that was felt across the five boroughs. Witnesses say they heard a loud explosion around midnight. Lights only flickered off for a few seconds, but that was enough to stop some elevators and escalators. The FDNY says all their rescues went smoothly. A Con Ed spokesman says a fix came quick, and that’s it’s likely most New Yorkers never noticed the power went out.
