Blackout
Kevin Zraly, Wine Steward: : Imagine yourself on top of One World Trade Center on the 107th floor.
Kevin Zraly，葡萄酒管家： ：想象一下您自己位于世界贸易中心一号楼 107 层的顶部。
Windows On The World restaurant was one of the most magical places on earth, not just in New York City.
世界之窗餐厅是地球上最神奇的地方之一，而不仅仅是在纽约市。
On a clear day you could see 90 miles, planes flying below you.
在晴朗的日子里，您可以看到 90 英里外的飞机在您下方飞行。
And 9:30, anybody in the restaurant business will tell you, is crunch time.
餐饮业的任何人都会告诉你，9:30 是关键时刻。
I was walking the floor, and all of a sudden I look to my right and Brooklyn is not there anymore.
我在地板上走着，突然我向右看，布鲁克林已经不在那里了。
Okay, it's just, where did Brooklyn go?
好吧，只是，布鲁克林去哪儿了？
And then I quickly glance over, Queens is gone.
然后我迅速扫了一眼，皇后区已经不见了。
It's blackout, there's no, no lights whatsoever.
已经停电了，没有任何灯光。
And as soon as I get up to the window and we're overlooking Manhattan, downtown Manhattan, whoosh, lights go out for us.
当我走到窗前，我们可以俯瞰曼哈顿、曼哈顿市中心时，嗖的一声，灯就灭了。
Jack Feinstein, Assistant Chief System Operator, Con Ed: : New York City is a vertical city.
Jack Feinstein，Con Ed 助理首席系统操作员： 纽约市是一座垂直城市。
There are people in apartment houses that are ten stories high.
十层高的公寓里住着人。
They don't have any water.
他们没有水。
They have no lights, and there is a sense of urgency.
他们没有灯，有一种紧迫感。
Patrick Marshall, Police Officer: : I stopped the car.
帕特里克·马歇尔，警官：：我停下了车。
And there was about 4- or 500 people in that park.
那个公园里大约有 4 到 500 人。
And I told my partner, I says, "We're not going down there.
我告诉我的搭档，“我们不会去那里。
Let's get out of here."
我们离开这里吧。”
Chris "Doc" Vanager, Resident: : It wasn't just nighttime.
住院医师克里斯·“医生”·瓦纳格 (Chris "Doc" Vanager)：：这不仅仅是夜间。
It was total darkness.
天完全黑了。
Everybody was kind of moving in groups.
每个人都成群结队地移动。
I'm sure they were scared, too, you know, 'cause you don't know who's coming at you.
我确信他们也很害怕，你知道，因为你不知道谁会朝你走来。
Ernesto Quiñonez, Resident: : It was like things had reached this boiling point.
Ernesto Quiñonez，住院医师： ：事情好像已经达到了沸点。
Once the lights went out, then all hell broke loose.
一旦灯灭了，一切都崩溃了。
Jonathan Mahler, Writer: : It's like an orgy of violence, arson, and insanity.
乔纳森·马勒（Jonathan Mahler），编剧：这就像一场暴力、纵火和精神错乱的狂欢。
How do you explain that social phenomenon?
您如何解释这种社会现象？
Radio Announcer (archival): : Hazy, hot and humid.
电台播音员（档案）： ：朦胧、炎热、潮湿。
Highs in the daytimes up near 100, overnight lows down to around 80.
日间高点升至100附近，隔夜低点降至80左右。
Radio Announcer (archival): : A lot of fingers crossed with the continued heat wave.
广播播音员（档案）：：许多人为持续的热浪祈祷。
Patrick Marshall, Police Officer: : July 13th, 1977.
帕特里克·马歇尔，警官：1977 年 7 月 13 日。
I was working my last 4-to-12 in a set of five.
我正在五人一组中进行最后的 4 比 12 训练。
It was a beastly hot day.
那是一个酷热的日子。
I distinctly remember it was horifally [sic] hot.
我清楚地记得天气非常热。
Jonathan Mahler, Writer: : The city's in the midst of a heat wave.
乔纳森·马勒（Jonathan Mahler），作家： ：这座城市正处于热浪之中。
Temperatures were routinely hitting 100, above 100.
气温经常达到 100 度、100 度以上。
Charlie Durkin, Chief System Operator, Con Ed: : Around 6:00 I headed home.
Charlie Durkin，联合教育集团首席系统操作员： ： 6:00 左右我回家了。
I got home early enough that I got in the pool with the kids.
我回到家很早，所以我和孩子们一起去游泳池。
Somewhere around 8:00.
大约 8:00 左右。
it was clear that thunderstorms were going to move in, so we all got out.
很明显，雷暴即将来临，所以我们都出去了。
Radio Announcer (archival): : Severe thunderstorm warning in effect for all of Westchester County in New York.
广播电台播音员（档案）：：纽约州所有韦斯特切斯特县均收到严重雷暴警告。
These storms can produce wind gusts, 50 mph and more, lightning, so be advised, whatever precautions seem advisable.
这些风暴可能会产生时速 50 英里或以上的阵风、闪电，因此请注意，采取任何可行的预防措施。
Charlie Durkin, Chief System Operator, Con Ed: : My daughter was brushing her teeth and looked out the bathroom window and said, "What's wrong with the sky, Dad?
Charlie Durkin，联合教育中心首席系统操作员：：我女儿正在刷牙，她看着浴室窗外说：“爸爸，天空怎么了？
It looks strange." And I said, "Yeah, it's because of all the lightning; there's so much of it, it just stays lit."
看起来很奇怪。”我说，“是的，这是因为所有的闪电；闪电太多了，它就一直亮着。”
Jonathan Mahler, Writer: : That evening there was a lightning strike on a power line in Westchester County.
乔纳森·马勒 (Jonathan Mahler)，作家： 那天晚上，威彻斯特县的电线遭到雷击。
The line went out, and the demand starts to increase on some of the surrounding lines.
线路停运，周边一些线路的需求开始增加。
This sort of essentially sets off a kind of chain reaction, a sort of a domino effect, where another line suddenly has too much power, and it has to be shut down.
这本质上引发了一种连锁反应，一种多米诺骨牌效应，另一条线路突然功率太大，必须关闭。
And then another line is, is over-extended, and it has to be shut down.
然后另一条线路已经过度延伸，必须关闭。
Everyone's using a lot of power 'cause they're all running air conditioners.
每个人都使用大量电力，因为他们都在运行空调。
And before you know it the city is struggling to get enough power into the five boroughs.
在你意识到之前，这座城市正在努力为五个行政区提供足够的电力。
Charlie Durkin, Chief System Operator, Con Ed: : I got a call maybe a little bit after nine asking me to call the system operator.
Charlie Durkin，联合教育集团首席系统操作员：： 大约九点刚过，我接到一个电话，要求我给系统操作员打电话。
I called in.
我打电话进去了。
And finally said, "There's no other choice." The only alternative was to disconnect customers.
最后说：“没有其他选择。”唯一的选择是断开客户的连接。
Charlie Durkin, Chief System Operator, Con Ed (archival audio): : You know, you're gonna lose the whole thing.
Charlie Durkin，联合埃德公司首席系统操作员（存档音频）：：你知道，你会失去整个事情。
Tell him this is a dire emergency, if he can give us anymore to give it to us.
告诉他这是一个可怕的紧急情况，如果他能给我们更多的话就给我们。
Jonathan Mahler: : It is one man who is in charge of bringing all of this power in.
乔纳森·马勒：只有一个人负责将所有这些力量带入其中。
You have people telling him, yelling at him, "You have to shut down some of these lines.
有人告诉他，对他大喊大叫，“你必须关闭其中一些线路。
You have to do it, or the city's gonna lose power."
你必须这么做，否则这座城市就会断电。”
William Kennedy, New York Power Pool: : Bill, I hate to bother you, but you'd better shed about 400 megawatts of load or you are going to lose everything down there...
威廉·肯尼迪，纽约电力池：：比尔，我不想打扰你，但你最好卸下大约 400 兆瓦的负载，否则你会失去那里的一切......
Jonathan Mahler, Writer: : Anyone who's ever flown in to New York City at night, who's ever been in New York City at night.
乔纳森·马勒（Jonathan Mahler），作家：：任何曾在夜间飞抵纽约市的人，以及曾在夜间去过纽约市的人。
There are lights everywhere.
到处都有灯。
It's a beautiful image, really, in a way.
在某种程度上，这确实是一幅美丽的画面。
It's the city that never sleeps.
这是一座不夜城。
The city where the lights are always on.
这座灯火通明的城市。
Ernesto Quiñonez, Resident: : I was playing handball with my friends.
Ernesto Quiñonez，住院医师：：我正在和朋友们打手球。
And you can still play at night because there was a lot of lampposts around Jefferson Park.
晚上你仍然可以玩，因为杰斐逊公园周围有很多灯柱。
But then all of a sudden they started going out one by one, like -- pop, pop, pop -- and ah, we're like, "Wow, what's happening?"
但突然间，他们开始一一出去，就像——流行、流行、流行——然后啊，我们就像，“哇，发生了什么事？”
Carl St. Martin, Medical Student: : That night I'm on the third floor, windows open.
Carl St. Martin，医学生： ：那天晚上我在三楼，窗户开着。
It was very hot.
天气非常热。
So people were outside.
所以人们都在外面。
And suddenly the TV went off.
电视突然关了。
The light went off.
灯灭了。
The noise outside in the street quickly stopped for a second and suddenly you heard a "gasp" because everybody at the same time realized something had happened.
外面街道上的喧闹声很快停了下来，突然你听到“喘息”声，因为每个人都同时意识到发生了什么事。
Vincent Dunn, Firefighter: : I was up in the office.
文森特·邓恩（Vincent Dunn），消防员：：我当时在办公室。
I was catching up on some paperwork and having a cup of coffee and the lights dimmed.
我正在处理一些文书工作，喝了杯咖啡，灯光就暗了下来。
The emergency generator roared on and somebody shouted "Blackout," you know?
应急发电机轰鸣，有人大喊“停电”，你知道吗？
Kevin Zraly, Wine Steward: : One of the things about the Windows on the World right from the very beginning was its dress code.
Kevin Zraly，葡萄酒管家：：世界之窗从一开始就有一个特点就是它的着装要求。
You had to have a jacket and tie.
你必须有一件夹克和领带。
The general manager said to me, "You can tell people they can take their jackets off." Take their jackets off?
总经理对我说：“你可以告诉人们可以把夹克脱掉。”把他们的外套脱掉？
You know, "Okay, you can take your jackets off." Next thing, the ties are coming off.
你知道，“好吧，你可以脱掉夹克了。”接下来，领带就要脱落了。
Next thing, you know, people loosening their shirts.
接下来，你知道，人们会松开衬衫。
The general manager got up, and immediately spoke, "Ladies and gentlemen.
总经理起身，立即说道：“女士们、先生们。
Everybody's getting champagne."
每个人都在喝香槟。”
Radio Report (archival): : Now direct from CBS News, this special radio net alert news report.
广播报道（存档）： ：现在直接从哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，这个特殊的广播网警报新闻报道。
A major power blackout has hit New York City and surrounding communities.
纽约市及周边社区发生大停电。
George Michael, Radio Host (archival): : Chuck, if you could, what can you tell us about the feel for Midtown Manhattan?
乔治·迈克尔，电台主持人（档案）：查克，如果可以的话，您能告诉我们什么关于曼哈顿中城的感觉吗？
Chuck Leonard, Radio Reporter (archival): :Well, George, there are people directing traffic at the intersections.
电台记者 Chuck Leonard（档案）：：嗯，乔治，有人在十字路口指挥交通。
I assume many of them are policemen.
我猜他们中很多人都是警察。
Some of them, obviously, are just volunteers, people who wanted to pitch in.
显然，他们中的一些人只是志愿者，想要参与其中的人。
But in general people are taking it in good spirit, and almost a little conviviality going on.
但总的来说，人们的心情很好，而且几乎充满了欢乐。
Reporter (archival): : Where were you when the lights went out?
记者（档案）：：灯灭的时候你在哪里？
Man (archival): : All of sudden all the lights went out.
男子（档案）： ：突然所有的灯都灭了。
No picture, no sound, nothing.
没有图像，没有声音，什么都没有。
And a man made an announcement about, ah, the power is off in the whole city.
一个人宣布，啊，全城停电了。
Reporter (archival): : And you're waiting for the subway now?
记者（档案）： ：那你现在在等地铁吗？
Radio Reporter (archival): : All I can tell you is that there were severe electrical storms to the north.
电台记者（档案）：：我只能告诉你，北部有严重的雷暴。
Lights totally went out about 15 minutes ago.
大约 15 分钟前灯完全熄灭了。
Radio Reporter (archival): : All five boroughs are affected so that's the word.
广播电台记者（档案）：：所有五个行政区都受到影响，所以就是这样。
Seven million people are now without power.
七百万人现在没有电力。
Joyce Purnick, Reporter: : My beat at the Post was covering politics.
乔伊斯·普尼克（Joyce Purnick），记者：：我在《华盛顿邮报》的工作重点是报道政治。
I went running over to City Hall, and I spent the night in the command center where we got regular briefings on what they said was going on in the city.
我跑到市政厅，在指挥中心过夜，在那里我们定期听取他们所说的城市正在发生的情况的简报。
The blackout was not the city's fault, but, um, it was an opportunity for the mayor Abe Beame to show the people of New York that he was in control.
停电不是城市的错，但是，嗯，这是市长阿贝·比姆向纽约人民表明他掌控一切的机会。
Reporter (archival): : What are you doing now that this is happening?
记者（档案）：：现在发生这种情况你在做什么？
Mayor Abe Beame (archival): : We are trying to keep on top through every agency in the city to do everything possible to err, to keep things moving, and to keep people alerted and to have people who are with city agencies at their stations in case they are needed.
市长阿贝·比姆（档案）：：我们正在努力通过城市的每个机构保持领先地位，尽一切可能犯错，让事情继续进行，让人们保持警惕，并让城市机构的人员在他们的车站，以备不时之需。
Joyce Purnick, Reporter: : I'm not sure to this day if he, or even the police commissioner, actually knew what was going on, because if they did, they didn't tell us.
记者乔伊斯·普尼克：我至今仍不确定他，甚至警察局长是否真的知道发生了什么事，因为即使他们知道，他们也没有告诉我们。
Vincent Dunn, Firefighter: : I'm trying to scramble to find out what the big issues are.
文森特·邓恩（Vincent Dunn），消防员：：我正在努力找出最大的问题是什么。
I called up the fire battalions seeing how things are in their districts.
我给消防队打电话，了解他们所在地区的情况。
The phones are evidently working.
电话显然可以正常工作。
And I told 'em, "Hey, we gotta go down to the subways, make sure those people stuck in those hot trains don't bail out on those third rail tracks." And then we have these portable generators that are useful.
我告诉他们，“嘿，我们得去地铁，确保那些被困在热火车里的人不会在第三条铁轨上跳出来。”然后我们就有了这些有用的便携式发电机。
You know, hospitals, that's our first priority.
你知道，医院，这是我们的首要任务。
News Reporter (archival): : At Bellevue, the city's largest hospital, emergency generator service has been halted by an electrical fire.
新闻记者（档案）：：在该市最大的医院贝尔维尤，紧急发电机服务因电气火灾而停止。
Steps are being taken to protect the lives of patients on respirators and other necessary electrical equipment.
正在采取措施使用呼吸器和其他必要的电气设备来保护患者的生命。
Dr. Stephen Schwartz of New York's Lenox hospital says emergency equipment is working there, but they are bracing for a possible flood of patients.
纽约莱诺克斯医院的史蒂芬·施瓦茨医生表示，那里的急救设备正在发挥作用，但他们正在为可能出现的大量病人做好准备。
Vincent Dunn, Firefighter: : Then, you know, I got called to go respond to a fire.
文森特·邓恩（Vincent Dunn），消防员：：然后，你知道，我被叫去救火。
And I never returned to the firehouse.
我再也没有回到消防站。
Charlie Durkin, Chief System Operator, Con Ed: : I knew this was going to be a very difficult and challenging task to put the power system back together.
Charlie Durkin，联合爱迪生公司首席系统操作员：我知道将电力系统重新组装起来将是一项非常困难且具有挑战性的任务。
It's really not made to shut down and restart.
它确实不是为了关闭并重新启动而设计的。
It's made to stay in service.
它是为了继续使用而设计的。
Jack Feinstein, Assistant Chief System Operator, Con Ed: : We knew this was gonna be a long, drawn out affair.
Jack Feinstein，联合爱迪生公司助理首席系统操作员：我们知道这将是一个漫长的过程。
The restoration plan was out of date because it hadn't been updated since 1965 so between Charlie and I, we made up the plan.
修复计划已经过时了，因为它自 1965 年以来就没有更新过，所以查理和我共同制定了这个计划。
Charlie Durkin, Chief System Operator, Con Ed: : Well, there's only two ways to restore the power.
Charlie Durkin，Con Ed 首席系统操作员： ：嗯，只有两种方法可以恢复供电。
One is to bootstrap the system up on its own, or to bring power in from the outside.
一种是自行引导系统，或者从外部引入电源。
We both knew that the quickest, fastest way was to get power in from the outside.
我们都知道，最快、最快的方法就是从外部获取电源。
I said, "I'll take a part from the north.
我说：“我会从北方参加。
Jack, you take the part from the Long Island Lighting, and at some point we're gonna meet in the middle.
杰克，你从长岛灯光公司扮演这个角色，在某个时候我们会在中间见面。
Jerry Nachman, Radio Reporter (archival): : Insofar as police are concerned, all off-duty officers are being ordered to their nearest precinct.
杰里·纳赫曼（Jerry Nachman），电台记者（档案）：：就警方而言，所有下班的警官都被命令前往最近的辖区。
Not the precinct where they work, but the precinct of residence.
不是他们工作的地区，而是居住的地区。
Patrick Marshall, Police Officer: : We didn't know it was a big blackout.
帕特里克·马歇尔，警官：：我们不知道这是一次大停电。
The lights went out, but who knew if the lights were gonna stay out.
灯灭了，但谁知道灯是否会一直熄灭。
There was no AM/FM radios in the patrol cars at the time.
当时巡逻车上没有 AM/FM 收音机。
So you had no radio communication with the outside.
所以你无法与外界进行无线电通讯。
Our portable radio had died because of the repeaters being out.
由于中继器坏了，我们的便携式收音机坏了。
Well, we go back into the station house, and when we went into the station house that's when we really knew that the pot was cooking.
好吧，我们回到车站大楼，当我们走进车站大楼时，我们才真正知道锅在煮。
The station house was in darkness, complete and utter darkness.
车站大楼一片漆黑，漆黑一片。
Everybody's walking around with flashlights, some candles, and it looked like a cross between a Boris Karloff movie and Car 54 .
每个人都拿着手电筒和一些蜡烛四处走动，这看起来就像鲍里斯·卡洛夫 (Boris Karloff) 的电影和 54 号车的混合体。
The sergeant said, "Go out, do the best you can, come back in a little while.
中士道：“出去吧，尽力而为，一会儿就回来。”
We're gonna have a better plan in place.
我们将会有一个更好的计划。
But go out and do what you can do."
但出去做你能做的事。”
Joshua Freeman, Historian: : Twelve years earlier, November 1965, New York City lost its power and it was a very startling event.
历史学家约书亚·弗里曼 (Joshua Freeman)：：十二年前，即 1965 年 11 月，纽约市失去了权力，这是一个非常令人震惊的事件。
But, all in all, the city handled it remarkably well.
但总而言之，这座城市处理得非常好。
You know, the urban legend was that nine months later births spiked in the city.
你知道，都市传说是九个月后该市的出生率激增。
I don't know if that's actually true, but I think that captivated the sense that most people had of almost a kind of moment out of the ordinary, but not a scary or threatening experience.
我不知道这是否属实，但我认为这吸引了大多数人的感觉，几乎是一种不同寻常的时刻，但不是一种可怕或威胁的经历。
Joyce Purnick, Reporter: : I remember the blackout of '65 as almost being fun.
记者 Joyce Purnick：我记得 65 年的停电几乎很有趣。
There was a certain festive atmosphere.
有一种特定的节日气氛。
People pulled together.
人们齐心协力。
There were little get-togethers on the streets.
街上很少有聚会。
Elzora Williamson, Resident: : Had a bright moon.
Elzora Williamson，居民： ：有一轮明亮的月亮。
Everything was peaceful.
一切都很平静。
We were directing traffic.
我们当时正在指挥交通。
And then we had everybody else to start directing traffic with us.
然后我们让其他人开始和我们一起指挥交通。
People became helpful to each other, and it went very, very smoothly.
人们互相帮助，事情进展得非常非常顺利。
Bruce Porter, Writer: : The blackout in 1965 happened at 5:30.
布鲁斯·波特 (Bruce Porter)，作家： 1965 年的停电发生在 5 点 30 分。
So the storeowners were still in their stores locking up.
所以店主们仍然把门锁在店里。
The temperature was between 43 and 48 degrees, right, so people were not out on the street.
气温在 43 到 48 度之间，对吧，所以街上没有人。
Joshua Freeman, Historian: : A lot of people simply stayed in their houses.
约书亚·弗里曼（Joshua Freeman），历史学家：：很多人只是呆在自己的房子里。
There was no real sense of panic.
没有真正的恐慌感。
There was no increase in crime.
犯罪率没有增加。
In the end, really no big deal.
到最后，真的没什么大不了的。
Jonathan Mahler, Writer: : New York had been this great kind of working-class city.
乔纳森·马勒（Jonathan Mahler），作家：：纽约曾经是一座伟大的工人阶级城市。
You could come to New York, immigrants obviously from around the world, you could find a job, you could make a better life.
你可以来到纽约，显然是来自世界各地的移民，你可以找到一份工作，你可以过上更好的生活。
Joshua Freeman, Historian: : Through the mid-1960s, New York was doing pretty well economically.
历史学家约书亚·弗里曼 (Joshua Freeman)： 20 世纪 60 年代中期，纽约的经济发展相当不错。
It was both a financial center, it was a huge manufacturing center.
它既是一个金融中心，也是一个巨大的制造中心。
You'd see blue-collar workers all over the place.
你到处都会看到蓝领工人。
You would see factories making garments, making electronic goods, you'd see people working unloading ships on the docks.
你会看到工厂生产服装、制造电子产品，你会看到人们在码头上卸货。
Jonathan Mahler, Writer: : New York was historically a city that did take care of people, where the subways were heavily subsidized, where you had great public schools, where you had this fantastic network of universities that were free.
乔纳森·马勒（Jonathan Mahler），作家：纽约在历史上是一个非常关心人民的城市，那里的地铁得到了大量补贴，那里有很棒的公立学校，那里有免费的大学网络。
And, by 1977, I mean all of this was, was just such a distant memory.
到了 1977 年，我的意思是，所有这一切都已经成为遥远的记忆了。
The ambitions of the city had diminished so greatly and this, this notion that the city could take care of the people who lived in, in it was, was gone.
城市的雄心壮志已经大大减弱，这种城市能够照顾居住在其中的人们的观念已经消失了。
News Reporter (archival): : Treasury Secretary Simon said today that the country is in a recession.
新闻记者（档案）：：财政部长西蒙今天表示，该国正处于衰退之中。
News Reporter (archival): : For the first time since 1941, the nation's unemployment rate has gone above 9%.
新闻记者（档案）：：自1941年以来，全国失业率首次超过9%。
News Reporter (archival): : In New York City, the rate of unemployment is much higher than it is nationally, higher than at any time since the Great Depression.
新闻记者（档案）：：在纽约市，失业率远高于全国范围，高于大萧条以来的任何时候。
Joshua Freeman, Historian: : The 1970s was an economically troubled period for the whole United States and New York was particularly hard-hit by this general turn downward.
历史学家约书亚·弗里曼 (Joshua Freeman)： 20 世纪 70 年代是整个美国经济陷入困境的时期，而纽约在这次经济普遍下滑中受到的打击尤其严重。
New York hits a 12% unemployment rate in 1975.
1975 年，纽约的失业率高达 12%。
That's just a huge unemployment rate, and you can feel it all over, every place.
这只是一个巨大的失业率，你在任何地方都可以感受到它。
It's visceral.
这是发自内心的。
People are hanging out on the streets, increase in petty crime.
人们在街上闲逛，轻微犯罪增加。
Ah, a sense of despair in a lot of areas, you know, of giving up.
啊，在很多方面都有一种绝望感，你知道，放弃的感觉。
Jonathan Mahler, Writer: : There was this sense that there were no jobs in New York.
乔纳森·马勒（Jonathan Mahler），作家：：有一种感觉，纽约没有工作机会。
People were fleeing the city, moving to the suburbs if they could.
人们逃离城市，尽可能搬到郊区。
Some of the middle class white families move out, what became known as white flight.
一些中产阶级白人家庭搬走了，这就是所谓的白人逃亡。
There was just sort of a sense of desperation about New York at the time.
当时的纽约有一种绝望的感觉。
Newscaster (archival): : The city will need more than God's help to get out of this mess.
新闻播音员（档案）：：这座城市需要的不仅仅是上帝的帮助才能摆脱困境。
New York needs $500 million a month to keep its head above water.
纽约每月需要 5 亿美元才能维持正常运转。
Jonathan Mahler, Writer: : In 1975, New York City was on the brink of bankruptcy, and it needed a loan from Washington.
乔纳森·马勒（Jonathan Mahler），作家： 1975 年，纽约市濒临破产，需要华盛顿的贷款。
And President Ford gave it some thought and came back to New York and said, "You're not gonna get a loan."
福特总统想了想，回到纽约后说：“你不会获得贷款。”
Joshua Freeman, Historian: : After very dramatically turning down a city request, there was a retreat in Washington from that hard line.
历史学家约书亚·弗里曼：在非常戏剧性地拒绝了市政府的请求后，华盛顿从强硬路线上撤退了。
But they would only give New York City the money it needed to avoid bankruptcy if New York City adopted austerity measures.
但如果纽约市采取紧缩措施，他们只会向纽约市提供避免破产所需的资金。
That meant cutting public services, laying off tens of thousands of workers, and other kinds of measures that assured them that they would get that money back.
这意味着削减公共服务、解雇数万名工人，以及采取其他措施来确保他们能拿回这笔钱。
Vincent Dunn, Firefighter: : When those layoffs of police and firefighters came, you know, we were shocked.
文森特·邓恩（Vincent Dunn），消防员：当警察和消防员被裁员时，我们感到震惊。
And that was sort of like, a little unwritten social contract that was broken by the city.
这有点像一个被城市打破的不成文的社会契约。
Police went on strike.
警察举行罢工。
The fire went on strike.
火灾发生了罢工。
Sanitation went on strike.
环卫工人罢工了。
Joshua Freeman, Historian: : This big cut in public services at a time when the private economy is in very bad shape, it means hardship.
历史学家约书亚·弗里曼：在私营经济状况非常糟糕的情况下大幅削减公共服务，意味着困难。
It had immediate impact on New Yorkers and particularly on poor New Yorkers.
它对纽约人，特别是贫穷的纽约人产生了直接影响。
People can't send the kids off the streets into the library.
人们不能把孩子们从街上送进图书馆。
It's not there anymore.
它已经不在那里了。
They can't send them to the after-school athletic program to keep them safe.
他们无法将他们送去参加课后体育项目以保证他们的安全。
It's not there anymore.
它已经不在那里了。
So there's a lot of anger and also I think a sense of abandonment.
所以有很多愤怒，而且我认为还有一种被遗弃的感觉。
Vincent Dunn, Firefighter: : Graffiti, crime, drugs, homeless people, squeegee people.
文森特·邓恩（Vincent Dunn），消防员：：涂鸦、犯罪、毒品、无家可归者、橡皮扫帚人。
People would put in their car windows "No radio," so people wouldn't break their windows.
人们会在车窗上写上“禁止收音机”，这样人们就不会打破车窗。
So it was, the city was going down.
事情就是这样，这座城市正在衰落。
Ernesto Quiñonez, Resident: : When a population is neglected for so long, and then they keep cutting your social services, your education, your hospitals, your fire departments, it's going to boil, and, sooner or later, something is going to come out of that.
埃内斯托·奎尼奥内斯（Ernesto Quiñonez），居民：当一个群体被忽视这么久，然后他们不断削减你的社会服务、你的教育、你的医院、你的消防部门时，事情就会沸腾，迟早会产生一些结果。
And it wasn't going to be pretty.
事情不会很美好。
Bill Moyers, Reporter (archival audio): : This is the Bronx in New York.
比尔·莫耶斯，记者（档案音频）：：这是纽约的布朗克斯。
One and a half million people live in this borough.
这个行政区有五十万人居住。
It's the home of the New York Yankees.
这是纽约洋基队的主场。
It has also become the arson capital of the world.
它也成为了世界纵火之都。
Once, that smoke on the horizon signified industry, progress, jobs.
曾经，地平线上的烟雾象征着工业、进步和就业机会。
Now it means someone is burning down a building.
现在这意味着有人正在烧毁一座建筑物。
Vincent Dunn, Firefighter: : We call those years the fire years when the city was burning down.
文森特·邓恩（Vincent Dunn），消防员：：我们将城市被烧毁的那些年称为“火灾年”。
When I came in the fire service, a busy fire company did 1,700 to 2,000 runs a year.
当我进入消防部门时，一家繁忙的消防公司每年要执行 1,700 到 2,000 次消防任务。
In the 1970s, we were all doing 5,000 alarms a year.
在 20 世纪 70 年代，我们每年都会发出 5,000 次警报。
Smoking, carelessness, falling asleep with a cigarette, cooking fires and electrical fires.
吸烟、粗心、带着香烟入睡、做饭和电器火灾。
They were the three top causes.
它们是三个主要原因。
But then there was arson, arson for profit, arson for revenge -- you wanted to get even to a neighbor.
但随之而来的是纵火，为了利益而纵火，为了报复而纵火——你想报复邻居。
You had arson for fun -- a couple of kids with a can of gasoline could light a vacant building and have a ball watching firefighters come with big aerial ladders on a night, hot night and would watch us throw water into this building.
纵火是为了好玩——几个孩子拿着一罐汽油点燃一座空置的建筑物，然后观看消防员在炎热的夜晚带着巨大的云梯来，观看我们向这座建筑物泼水。
You had fires for boredom.
你因为无聊而生火。
Carl St. Martin, Medical Student: : The block below me of the 60 houses, maybe only five of 'em hadn't had a fire.
Carl St. Martin，医学生：：我下面的街区有 60 栋房子，也许只有 5 栋没有发生过火灾。
You knew that there's a chance that your house could catch on fire.
您知道您的房子有可能着火。
So it caused that next person next door to move.
所以这导致隔壁的下一个人移动了。
Now that landlord didn't get his rent.
现在房东没有收到租金。
This led to the temptation for some landlords to consider burning the building and collecting the insurance.
这导致一些房东考虑烧毁建筑物并收取保险。
And it became a domino effect.
这变成了多米诺骨牌效应。
Jonathan Mahler, Writer: : On top of all that, there was a serial killer on the loose in New York.
乔纳森·马勒（Jonathan Mahler），编剧：除此之外，纽约还有一名连环杀手在逃。
Reporter (archival audio): : In New York, the search continues for the Son of Sam.
记者（档案音频）：：在纽约，寻找山姆之子的工作仍在继续。
The object of one of the biggest manhunts in this city's history.
这座城市历史上最大规模的搜捕行动之一的目标。
Reporter (archival audio): : The killer has taunted authorities by writing two letters, signed Son of Sam.
记者（档案音频）：：凶手写了两封署名山姆之子的信来嘲讽当局。
Joyce Purnick, Reporter: : The NYPD was then, and still is, the preeminent police department in the country, and he was eluding the NYPD.
记者乔伊斯·普尔尼克：纽约警察局当时是、现在仍然是全国最优秀的警察部门，而他正在躲避纽约警察局。
Everybody was very tense.
大家都很紧张。
And it contributed to the sense of nobody was in control.
这让人感觉无人能控制。
It was becoming embarrassing to say you were a New Yorker after having been so many years when you were proud to be a New Yorker.
当你多年来为自己是一名纽约人而自豪之后，现在说自己是一名纽约人已经变得很尴尬了。
The city was falling apart.
这座城市正在分崩离析。
Chris "Doc" Vanager, Resident: : By 10:00 -- that's when I started to hear the noises.
Chris “Doc” Vanager，住院医师： ：到 10:00 时——就在那时我开始听到噪音。
And, first my mother goes, "What is that?" You heard these bumping noises.
我妈妈首先问道：“那是什么？”你听到这些碰撞声。
Just bump-bump-bump-bump outside.
只是在外面碰碰碰碰碰碰。
And so my mother opens the door and she looks.
于是我妈妈打开门看了看。
And I stick my head out, and the staircase door was open a little bit and you see a washing machine going up the stairs.
我伸出头，楼梯门打开了一点，你看到一台洗衣机正在上楼。
Then after that a refrigerator comes upstairs.
然后冰箱就上楼了。
Then those giant furniture TV's, you know, the old Zeniths with the, the sound system in 'em and the record player, those started going up.
然后那些巨大的家具电视，你知道，旧的Zeniths，里面有音响系统和电唱机，那些开始上升。
And it was just box after box after box after box.
这只是一个又一个盒子又一个盒子。
Carl St. Martin, Medical Student: : It just happened.
Carl St. Martin，医学生：：事情就这样发生了。
Like a tinderbox.
就像一个火药桶。
It went from being lights to being looting.
它从灯光变成了抢劫。
Chris "Doc" Vanager, Resident: : All I remember was people with stuff -- coats, clothes, like people just have this stuff draped over their arms like, "Yo, you wanna buy this?
Chris “Doc” Vanager，住院医生：：我只记得人们带着东西——外套、衣服，就像人们把这些东西披在手臂上一样，“哟，你想买这个吗？
You wanna buy that?" They stole clothes, electronics, just everything you could think of.
你想买那个吗？”他们偷了衣服、电子产品，以及你能想到的一切。
Jonathan Mahler, Writer: : It happened within minutes in all of these neighborhoods.
乔纳森·马勒（Jonathan Mahler），作家：：这一切都在几分钟之内发生在所有这些社区。
Every single borough in New York was affected by the looting.
纽约的每个行政区都受到抢劫的影响。
And it happens I mean just instantaneously.
我的意思是它发生在瞬间。
Bruce Porter, Writer: : Ace Pontiac stored 50 brand new Pontiacs in its garage and the, and the fire department had a rule that if you stored cars in, inside a building you had to leave the key in the ignition and you had to put $2 worth of gas in the tank.
布鲁斯·波特（Bruce Porter），作家：：王牌庞蒂亚克在其车库里存放了 50 辆全新的庞蒂亚克，消防部门有一条规定，如果你把汽车存放在建筑物内，你必须将钥匙留在点火开关中，并且必须在油箱中加入价值 2 美元的汽油。
Well, all 50 of these cars vanished in the first hour and a half.
好吧，这 50 辆车在最初的一个半小时内就全部消失了。
Patrick Marshall, Police Officer: : There was people everywhere.
帕特里克·马歇尔，警官：：到处都是人。
Hundreds.
数百个。
Hundreds per block.
每个街区有数百个。
We responded to a call for assistance from Wyckoff Heights Hospital.
我们响应了威科夫高地医院的求助电话。
And the staff in the emergency room was being hard-pressed to keep up with the injuries because the looters were suffering such vicious cuts from the glass.
由于抢劫者被玻璃划伤，急诊室的工作人员很难及时处理受伤情况。
There was blood everywhere.
到处都是血。
There was people with some hellacious injuries, and it really was starting to slide.
有些人受了重伤，情况确实开始下滑。
Carl St. Martin, Medical Student: : I was in medical school, so, you know, I figured might as well just go and work at the hospital.
Carl St. Martin，医学生：：我当时在医学院，所以，你知道，我想最好还是去医院工作。
It was packed.
它已经挤满了人。
Full-blown -- people outside in the street waiting to get in.
盛况空前——人们在外面的街道上等待着进来。
I went in, and there were some doctors there.
我进去了，那里有一些医生。
And I explained that I was a medical student and he asked me had I sutured before.
我解释说我是一名医学生，他问我以前缝合过吗？
And I said, "Well, I'd done a little bit but not really." He said, "Okay, come, come.
我说：“嗯，我做了一点，但不是真的。”他说：“好吧，来吧，来吧。
I'll show you.
我会告诉你。
We need your help.
我们需要你的帮助。
We need your help." All night long, I was in a corner just closing up wounds.
我们需要你的帮助。”整个晚上，我都在角落里缝合伤口。
Elzora Williamson, Shop Owner: : We had our store, which was entitled Trophies By Syl.
Elzora Williamson，店主： ：我们有自己的商店，名为 Trophies By Syl。
It was a sporting goods and trophy shop.
那是一家体育用品和奖杯店。
We thought of it as more than a store.
我们认为它不仅仅是一家商店。
We taught the young people how to open a bank account, how to fill out the forms.
我们教年轻人如何开设银行账户，如何填写表格。
My husband would go with them, show them how to do that.
我丈夫会和他们一起去，向他们展示如何做到这一点。
That evening, the lights went out as we were eating.
那天晚上，我们吃饭的时候灯灭了。
And my husband said, "Oh maybe we better get back over there." And I said to him, "Oh let me do the dishes first." I probably lost about an hour.
我丈夫说：“哦，也许我们最好回到那里。”我对他说：“哦，让我先洗碗吧。”我大概损失了大约一个小时。
When we got to maybe five, six blocks away from our store we started seeing our merchandise in the street.
当我们到达距离商店大约五六个街区时，我们开始在街上看到我们的商品。
I just drove up on the sidewalk, and I parked the car directly where the doorway was.
我把车开到人行道上，直接把车停在门口的地方。
The people who were inside when they saw my husband, they said, "Here's Mr. Syl.
里面的人看到我丈夫时说：“这是西尔先生。
Mr Syl is here," and they started running.
西尔先生来了。”然后他们开始奔跑。
It was sad in some ways because some people that you saw would be people you would not have expected to see in that capacity.
从某些方面来说，这是令人悲伤的，因为你所看到的一些人是你没想到会以这种身份见到的人。
And, and yet they were there.
然而他们却在那里。
Alan Rubin, Shop Owner: : I figured, "Okay, I'll walk over to the store." And I saw a crowd on the side of the store.
艾伦·鲁宾（Alan Rubin），店主：：我想，“好吧，我会走到商店去。”我看到商店旁边挤满了人。
They were pushing and shoving to get into the store, and people were coming out carrying things.
他们推推搡搡地想要进入商店，而人们则拿着东西出来。
They got out hi-fi.
他们拿出高保真音响。
They got out TVs.
他们拿出了电视。
The store next to me, the owner came over to me, and he says, "I'm shooting in the air to scare them away." He said, "Do you need a gun?" And I said, "No way." I said, "I'll get hurt if I have a gun." I couldn't do anything about it, so I just was watching.
我旁边的那家店，老板走过来，说：“我向天开枪，是为了吓跑他们。”他说：“你需要枪吗？”我说：“不可能。”我说：“如果我有枪，我会受伤的。”我对此无能为力，所以我只能袖手旁观。
And my knees started to shake.
我的膝盖开始颤抖。
Elzora Williamson, Shop Owner: : We had to stay there all night because if we left they were gonna come in and take the rest.
Elzora Williamson，店主：：我们必须在那里待上一整夜，因为如果我们离开，他们就会进来并带走剩下的东西。
There was no police to stop them.
没有警察阻止他们。
Who, who would stop them from taking whatever else was there?
谁、谁会阻止他们拿走那里的其他东西？
Bruce Porter, Writer: : One problem with the police is they were told to report to the nearest precinct to them.
布鲁斯·波特（Bruce Porter），作家：：警察面临的一个问题是，他们被告知要向离他们最近的辖区报到。
Almost none of them live in the affected precincts in the poor neighborhoods.
他们几乎没有人居住在贫困社区的受影响地区。
The major looting occurred when there were almost no policemen on the street.
大规模抢劫发生在街上几乎没有警察的情况下。
Jonathan Mahler, Writer: : It took hours to get cops to the neighborhoods that needed them most.
乔纳森·马勒（Jonathan Mahler），作家：：花了几个小时才把警察送到最需要他们的社区。
By the time they get there this thing is, this thing is on.
当他们到达那里时，这件事已经开始了。
Bruce Porter, Writer: : There were a lot of merchants and people who wanted police to come to their stores, stand there with their rifles in their hands and, and keep the people out.
布鲁斯·波特，作家：有很多商人和人们希望警察来到他们的商店，手里拿着步枪站在那里，把人们拒之门外。
Well, the police didn't have anywhere near the manpower or police power to do that.
嗯，警察没有足够的人力或警力来做到这一点。
Man on the Street (archival audio): : The whole Bronx is going, man.
街上的人（档案音频）：：整个布朗克斯都在前进，伙计。
The whole Bronx is going.
整个布朗克斯都在动。
Cop (archival): : We'd like to sit here and watch it, but we can't.
警察（档案）：：我们想坐在这里观看，但我们不能。
Patrick Marshall, Police Officer: : Our instructions were, "Do the best you can." And we did the best we could.
帕特里克·马歇尔，警官：：我们的指示是，“尽力而为。”我们已尽力而为。
We had sticks.
我们有棍子。
We had our hands.
我们有我们的双手。
You'd grab people and just toss them out.
你会抓住人然后把他们扔出去。
We were so outnumbered, we'd push them back as far as we could.
我们寡不敌众，所以我们会尽可能地把他们击退。
The people would only respond so far.
到目前为止，人们只会做出反应。
And then they would start hurling rocks and bottles at us.
然后他们就会开始向我们投掷石块和瓶子。
And then there was a pitched battle in the street.
随后街上发生了一场激战。
After a while there was, what can you do?
过了一段时间，你能做什么？
It was insanity.
这太疯狂了。
George Michael, Reporter (archival audio): : It's 12:02 on WABC in New York.
记者乔治·迈克尔（档案音频）： ：现在是纽约 WABC 节目 12 点 02 分。
We switch now to Steve O'Brien.
现在我们请史蒂夫·奥布莱恩发言。
Steve O'Brien, Reporter (archival audio): : Thank you, George.
记者史蒂夫·奥布莱恩（档案音频）：谢谢你，乔治。
Walking into one of the neighborhood establishments, we found still an atmosphere of extreme levity considering the situation.
走进附近的一处场所，考虑到当时的情况，我们发现仍然有一种极其轻浮的气氛。
Anyway, people are feeling no pain in most of the establishments around the area.
不管怎样，人们在该地区周围的大多数场所都感觉不到疼痛。
Bruce Porter, Writer: : The lights went out, and the beer came out, and we had candles and we had a block party.
布鲁斯·波特（Bruce Porter），作家：灯灭了，啤酒出来了，我们点了蜡烛，举办了一场街区派对。
I didn't find out until the next day that there was any looting.
直到第二天我才发现发生了抢劫事件。
Right, I mean, if you didn't live on a commercial street you didn't know the looting had happened.
是的，我的意思是，如果你不住在商业街上，你就不知道发生了抢劫。
Kevin Zraly, Wine Steward: : We were on an island in the sky isolated from whatever else was happening in all of New York City.
Kevin Zraly，葡萄酒管家：：我们在一座空中岛屿上，与纽约市发生的任何其他事情隔绝。
We had these emergency lights, but it wasn't enough.
我们有这些应急灯，但这还不够。
I mean, so we started bringing candles in.
我的意思是，所以我们开始带蜡烛进来。
In hindsight, I don't think that was a good idea because the candles also gave off heat.
事后看来，我认为这不是一个好主意，因为蜡烛也会散发热量。
Air conditioning now has been out for, since 9:30.
从 9 点 30 分开始，空调已经停止使用。
And but still people, some people we had to ask to leave.
但仍然有人，有些人我们不得不要求离开。
It was that kind of thing, you know.
你知道，就是这样的事情。
They liked the champagne part.
他们喜欢香槟部分。
It sort of sounds like the Titanic when, when we talk about, "Did the band play on," you know?
当我们谈论“乐队继续演奏吗”时，这听起来有点像泰坦尼克号，你知道吗？
We had a three-piece combo of piano, bass, and guitar.
我们有钢琴、贝斯和吉他的三件套。
The piano continued on.
钢琴继续演奏。
Jonathan Mahler, Writer: : It's the city of rich and the city of the poor.
乔纳森·马勒（Jonathan Mahler），作家：这是一座富人之城，也是一座穷人之城。
And if you weren't in one of those neighborhoods, you know, if you were on the Upper East Side enjoying a candlelit dinner on your roof, you had no idea what was going on all around you.
如果你不在这些社区之一，你知道，如果你在上东区在屋顶上享用烛光晚餐，你就不知道周围发生了什么。
Gus Engelman, Reporter WABC (archival audio): : George, I just had a Con Ed spokesman on the phone to see if we can get a better idea of when Con Ed will be restoring that power.
Gus Engelman，WABC 记者（档案音频）： ：乔治，我刚刚与联合爱迪生公司发言人通了电话，询问我们是否可以更好地了解联合爱迪生公司何时恢复供电。
Here's Ed Livingston right now.
这是埃德·利文斯顿现在的情况。
Ed Livingston, Con Ed Spokesman (archival audio): : We can't, ah, we really can't estimate, Gus.
Ed Livingston，联合埃德发言人（档案音频）：：我们不能，啊，我们真的无法估计，格斯。
We're working as hard as we can, ah, and as fast as we can, but I don't want to build up any hopes and pick a number of hours because we just can't be sure right now.
我们正在尽可能努力地工作，啊，尽可能快地工作，但我不想抱有任何希望并选择几个小时，因为我们现在无法确定。
Jack Feinstein, Assistant Chief System Operator, Con Ed: : We were moving in a step-by-step, very methodic, logical way of picking up the load.
Jack Feinstein，Con Ed 助理首席系统操作员：我们正在以一种循序渐进、非常有条理、合乎逻辑的方式来承担负载。
The generation was coming on slowly.
这一代人正在慢慢地成长。
I'm busy concentrating, and I turn around and there's the chairman of the board and the president of the company.
我忙集中精神，一转身，发现是董事长和公司总裁。
Charlie Durkin, Chief System Operator, Con Ed: : They just wanted me to proceed with a sense of urgency, which we were.
Charlie Durkin，联合爱迪生公司首席系统操作员：他们只是希望我带着紧迫感继续前进，而我们正是如此。
Each time we came to a point where we could pick up another network, it took about 15 minutes.
每次我们到达可以接收另一个网络的点时，都会花费大约 15 分钟。
That doesn't seem like a lot of time when you're talking one network.
当您谈论一个网络时，这似乎并不是很多时间。
But when you have 50 networks, it's a lot of time.
但当您有 50 个网络时，就需要很多时间了。
Electricity is a kind of a keystone for civility, and if we can get the streetlights back on, the traffic lights working and all that kind of thing, there was a much better likelihood that the police and so forth can, can maintain control.
电力是文明的基石，如果我们能让路灯重新亮起，交通灯正常工作等等，那么警察等就更有可能保持控制。
Bruce Porter, Writer: : The first group, who went into the stores 10 minutes after the blackout occurred, these were a criminal element.
布鲁斯·波特（Bruce Porter），作家：：停电10分钟后第一批人进入商店，他们是犯罪分子。
Then the stores were open.
然后商店就开门了。
And then another class of looters came in.
然后又一批抢劫者进来了。
People who did not have a criminal background, to whom it would not occur to go and smash the window of a store and go in and grab something.
没有犯罪背景的人，不会想到去砸碎商店的窗户，然后进去抢东西。
But they sat in their hot apartments seeing people run in and grab stuff and they said, “You know, I could really use some Pampers.”
但他们坐在炎热的公寓里，看到人们跑进来抢东西，他们说：“你知道，我真的需要一些帮宝适。”
Ernesto Quiñonez, Resident: : I remember the rattling, and it's a very distinct rattling.
Ernesto Quiñonez，住院医师：：我记得嘎嘎声，而且是非常明显的嘎嘎声。
A whole bunch of housewives had looted the supermarket at the corner where I used to live and what they had done is that they had taken pantyhose and they had tied shopping carts together so they could make a shopping cart train and then they had loaded all the stuff, all this merchandise, Pampers, toilet paper, food on these carts and were pushing them home.
一大群家庭主妇抢劫了我以前住的街角的超市，她们所做的就是拿走连裤袜，把购物车绑在一起，这样她们就可以制作一个购物车火车，然后她们把所有的东西，所有这些商品，帮宝适，卫生纸，食物都装在这些推车上，然后把它们推回家。
Bruce Porter, Writer: : These were the people who tended to get arrested.
布鲁斯·波特（Bruce Porter），作家：：这些人往往会被捕。
They had never been arrested before, and here they were arrested and charged with stealing a couch, or some clothes.
他们以前从未被捕过，但在这里他们被捕并被指控偷了一张沙发或一些衣服。
There were not a package of Pampers survived the looting.
抢劫中没有一包帮宝适幸存下来。
Patrick Marshall, Police Officer: : Anybody and everybody -- children, women, men, people with jobs, people without jobs.
帕特里克·马歇尔，警官：：任何人和每个人——儿童、妇女、男子、有工作的人、没有工作的人。
They all got caught up in the moment.
他们都陷入了这一刻。
They didn't feel like they were committing a crime because the whole general atmosphere, the whole feeling of it, was, "Everybody's doing it, why not me?"
他们并不觉得自己在犯罪，因为整个氛围、整个感觉就是，“每个人都在这么做，为什么不是我呢？”
Police Officer (archival): : ...
警官（档案）：：...
hide your faces.
隐藏你的脸。
Smiling, smile.
微笑，微笑。
They're hiding their faces.
他们隐藏着自己的脸。
Joshua Freeman, Historian: : Looting is a complicated thing.
约书亚·弗里曼（Joshua Freeman），历史学家：：抢劫是一件复杂的事情。
People do it because they're greedy, because they need stuff.
人们这样做是因为他们贪婪，因为他们需要东西。
It's also sometimes fun.
有时也很有趣。
It's the people at the bottom being on the top for a moment, and they know it's only for a moment, but who's going to stop you?
底层的人暂时处于顶层，他们知道这只是暂时的，但谁能阻止你呢？
Who's going to stop you?
谁会阻止你？
No one can stop you.
没有人可以阻止你。
That can be a thrill.
这可能会令人兴奋。
Ernesto Quiñonez, Resident: : It was the neighborhoods that had been neglected that rioted, and it was basically people who were poor and hungry.
埃内斯托·奎尼奥内斯（Ernesto Quiñonez），居民：：发生骚乱的是那些被忽视的社区，而且基本上都是穷人和饥饿的人。
The media paints it as “Look at these criminals, it's race!” But it's not so much race as it is class.
媒体将其描述为“看看这些罪犯，这是种族！”但这与其说是种族，不如说是阶级。
Black people didn't go after white people.
黑人没有追赶白人。
Latinos did not go after the Italians.
拉丁裔并没有追随意大利人。
It was more about class.
这更多是关于阶级的。
We didn't have, so we went, not even after those who had.
我们没有，所以我们就去了，即使是在那些有的人之后。
We went after their stuff!
我们去追寻他们的东西！
It's an expression of anger.
这是一种愤怒的表达。
It's an expression of neglect, and it's an expression of need.
这是一种忽视的表达，也是一种需要的表达。
Vincent Dunn, Firefighter: : If you don't control the crime problem and the people causing the disorder, it becomes a fire problem.
文森特·邓恩（Vincent Dunn），消防员：：如果你不控制犯罪问题和造成混乱的人，它就会变成火灾问题。
The dispatcher ordered us to go from fire to fire.
调度员命令我们从火场到火场。
You were driving in the streets.
你当时在街上开车。
People were waving to you for help, and you couldn't stop.
人们向你挥手寻求帮助，但你无法阻止。
Buildings were burning.
建筑物在燃烧。
Cars in the street were burning.
街上的汽车都在燃烧。
Garbage in lots were burning.
许多垃圾正在燃烧。
You know, you'd hear the dispatcher, "No companies available.
你知道，你会听到调度员说：“没有可用的公司。
No companies available." They would only send us to big store fires.
没有可用的公司。”他们只会让我们去参加大型商店火灾。
You know, we would go to those big supermarket fires, appliance store fires, which were being broken into, looted, and burned.
你知道，我们会去那些大型超市火灾、电器店火灾，那里被闯入、抢劫和焚烧。
Elzora Williamson, Resident: : Not only did they loot the stores, they burnt them.
埃尔佐拉·威廉姆森（Elzora Williamson），居民：：他们不仅抢劫商店，还烧毁了它们。
And to me, that was the ultimate violation.
对我来说，这是最终的违规行为。
You took everything, now why are you going to burn the store down as well?
你把一切都拿走了，为什么还要烧掉商店？
Vincent Dunn, Firefighter: : Fire is a special effect.
文森特·邓恩（Vincent Dunn），消防员：：火是一种特殊效果。
You light a car, you've got a spectacular event.
你点燃一辆车，你就举办了一场壮观的活动。
Fire, you know, it's got noise.
火，你知道，它有噪音。
It's got smoke.
有烟了
It's got flame.
它有火焰。
It's got sound.
有声音了
It was a crazy scene, you know, it was something out of like a world war.
那是一个疯狂的场景，你知道，这就像一场世界大战。
Reporter (archival audio): : New York City in the early morning, after a night of no electric power and so no lights, elevators, subway trains or any trains, airports, air conditioning, traffic signals, television.
记者（档案音频）： 纽约市的清晨，经过一夜的停电，没有灯光、电梯、地铁列车或任何火车、机场、空调、交通信号、电视。
What it did have in the dark streets was a wild outburst of crime, arson, looting, mugging, and a thousand false fire alarms.
在黑暗的街道上，犯罪、纵火、抢劫、抢劫和上千次虚假火警的疯狂爆发。
Jonathan Mahler, Writer: : After the blackout everyone is trying to make sense of what has happened to New York.
乔纳森·马勒（Jonathan Mahler），作家：：停电之后，每个人都试图弄清楚纽约发生了什么。
There was this sense that New York is not just in financial trouble, not just struggling.
人们有这样的感觉：纽约不仅陷入了财务困境，也不仅仅是陷入了困境。
But there's something really existentially, foundationally wrong with New York, and New York is in real, real trouble.
但纽约确实存在一些根本性的问题，而且纽约确实陷入了真正的麻烦。
Chris "Doc" Vanager, Resident: : When we got up that next day, I got on my bike and rode around the neighborhood, and you just saw everything was gone.
住院医师 Chris“Doc”Vanager：：当我们第二天起床时，我骑上自行车绕着附近转了一圈，然后你发现一切都消失了。
And that's when it kind of sunk in that nothing's gonna be the same.
就在那时，一切都不再一样了。
You know, nothing's ever gonna be the same.
你知道，一切都不会是一样的。
And you just go, "What are people supposed to do now?" You know?
然后你就问：“人们现在应该做什么？”你知道？
Ernesto Quiñonez, Resident: : It sort of felt like some bomb had gone off, but instead of destroying the buildings all you had a whole bunch of confetti and paper.
埃内斯托·奎尼奥内斯（Ernesto Quiñonez），居民：：感觉就像是炸弹爆炸了，但建筑物并没有被摧毁，只有一大堆五彩纸屑和纸张。
And it was a very quiet city.
那是一座非常安静的城市。
I think that one of the reasons for this quietness was because a lot of frustration had been released and even if you yourself had not gone out there to loot, others had.
我认为这种安静的原因之一是因为很多挫败感被释放了，即使你自己没有出去抢劫，别人也出去了。
Somehow, I think, that brings you some sort of catharsis.
我认为，不知何故，这会给你带来某种宣泄。
Carl St. Martin, Medical Student: : Once the sun was up the storeowners were now there.
Carl St. Martin，医学生：：太阳一升起，店主就到了。
Many of them had roots in the neighborhood and were actually connected to the neighborhood.
他们中的许多人都扎根于该街区，并且与该街区有着密切的联系。
So they were hurt, and we were hurt.
所以他们受伤了，我们也受伤了。
Store Owner (archival): : They got everything.
店主（档案）：：他们什么都有。
I lost all my money.
我失去了所有的钱。
I work about 10 years for this.
我为此工作了大约10年。
I lost everything.
我失去了一切。
I don't have no insurance, no nothing.
我没有保险，什么都没有。
I have three kids, a wife.
我有三个孩子，一个妻子。
I lost everything.
我失去了一切。
Man on Street Interview (archival): : You've got these people now, they are worried about their business as to whether they can start again in a community like this.
街头采访（档案）： ：现在有这些人，他们担心自己的生意是否可以在这样的社区中重新开始。
As to whether they are gonna trust these people around here, I doubt it.
至于他们是否会信任这里的这些人，我对此表示怀疑。
The merchants, they are not going to trust these people after this.
商人，从此以后他们不会再相信这些人了。
I wouldn't trust 'em.
我不会相信他们。
Reporter (archival audio): : So, yourself, what are you going to do now?
记者（档案音频）：：那么，你自己现在打算做什么？
Store Owner (archival): : Well, I'm going to leave this great big apple to those that want to stay here.
店主（档案）： ：好吧，我要把这个伟大的大苹果留给那些想留在这里的人。
I can't fight this anymore.
我不能再对抗这个了。
Alan Rubin, Shop Owner: : Early the next morning I walk into the store.
艾伦·鲁宾 (Alan Rubin)，店主： ：第二天一早，我走进商店。
And the lights were still out, but there's enough light for me to see where I'm going.
灯还没有亮，但有足够的光让我看清我要去的地方。
It was horrendous.
太可怕了。
It was a lot of work.
这是很多工作。
There was gonna be no guarantee that we can make it.
无法保证我们一定能成功。
More to cut out all the questions, not any major statement, I just put a sign on the window that said, "We're staying."
更多的是为了消除所有问题，而不是任何重大声明，我只是在窗户上贴了一个标语，上面写着“我们留下来”。
Elzora Williamson, Resident: : They had taken so much.
埃尔佐拉·威廉姆森（Elzora Williamson），住院医师：：他们拿走了这么多。
We lost, um, I think it was something like $350,000 worth of merchandise.
我们丢失了，嗯，我想大概价值 35 万美元的商品。
My whole thought was, "How am I gonna stay in business?"
我的全部想法是：“我该如何继续经营下去？”
My husband, he just sat down with people who looted the store, talked to them, told 'em he was disappointed.
我的丈夫，他刚刚与抢劫商店的人坐下来，与他们交谈，告诉他们他很失望。
But he never reacted in such a way that would've been a negative on his part.
但他的反应从来不会对他造成负面影响。
Now that was something I could not do.
现在这是我无法做到的事情。
I could not sit down and look a person in the eye and say, "It's okay." It was not okay.
我无法坐下来看着一个人的眼睛说：“没关系。”这不太好。
No matter how long we stayed, the store never really was what it had been all those years ago.
无论我们待多久，这家商店都不再是多年前的样子了。
Chris "Doc" Vanager, Resident: : My neighborhood stayed that way for probably 15 years.
Chris“Doc”Vanager，居民：：我的社区保持这种状态大概有 15 年了。
New Lots Avenue never opened back up ever again.
新地段大道再也没有重新开放过。
Everybody that lived there, those mom-and-pop stores, they just shut down and they left.
住在那里的每个人，那些夫妻店，他们都关门了，然后就离开了。
Patrick Marshall, Police Officer: : We got finished at about eight in the morning.
帕特里克·马歇尔，警官：：我们早上八点左右就完成了。
I just, I sat on the hood of the car and looked down Broadway.
我只是坐在汽车引擎盖上，俯视百老汇。
I said, "I think the neighborhood's done.
我说：“我想这个街区已经完了。
I think the back has finally been broken." And it was.
我想背部终于断了。”确实如此。
I truly believe that that night took the carpet out from under the people.
我真的相信那天晚上把地毯从人们的下面夺走了。
Reporter (archival audio): : What triggered the blackout?
记者（档案音频）：：是什么引发了停电？
A federal report places the primary blame on Consolidated Edison, saying it was unprepared to deal with the crisis touched off by a severe thunderstorm.
一份联邦报告将主要责任归咎于联合爱迪生公司，称该公司没有准备好应对由严重雷暴引发的危机。
Jack Feinstein, Assistant Chief System Operator, Con Ed: : A blackout is almost similar to an airplane crash.
Jack Feinstein，联合爱迪生公司助理首席系统操作员：：停电几乎与飞机失事相似。
It's never just one item.
它绝不只是一件物品。
From the first lightning strike to the complete system shutdown, it's a series of events that if any one of 'em didn't occur, or was responded to differently, would've prevented the blackout.
从第一次雷击到整个系统关闭，这是一系列事件，如果其中任何一个没有发生，或者采取不同的反应，就可以避免停电。
News Reporter (archival audio): : It was a night of terror that lasted for 25 hours.
新闻记者（档案音频）：：这是一个持续了25个小时的恐怖之夜。
What happened to this blinded city?
这座盲目的城市到底发生了什么？
Three thousand one hundred seventy six people arrested, 132 policemen injured, 1,576 businesses looted or set on fire.
3176 人被捕，132 名警察受伤，1,576 家企业被抢劫或纵火。
Jonathan Mahler, Writer: : The blackout produced the largest mass arrest in the city's history.
乔纳森·马勒（Jonathan Mahler），作家：：这次停电导致了该市历史上最大规模的大规模逮捕。
We're talking about thousands of people.
我们正在谈论成千上万的人。
And we're talking about hundreds of millions of dollars of damage and stolen property.
我们谈论的是数亿美元的损失和被盗财产。
Vincent Dunn, Firefighter: : There were 1,000 major fires that night -- 1,000 major fires!
Vincent Dunn，消防员： ：那天晚上发生了 1,000 起重大火灾——1,000 起重大火灾！
I mean, that's mind-boggling.
我的意思是，这令人难以置信。
There's a social order that's necessary to live in these dense urban areas and that broke down that night.
在这些人口稠密的城市地区生活所必需的社会秩序在那天晚上就崩溃了。
Reporter (archival audio): : In the worst slums of the city, the light of mindless violence lit up the sky as the blackout divided the town into two societies: separate and unequal.
记者（档案音频）：：在这座城市最糟糕的贫民窟里，无意识的暴力之光照亮了天空，停电将小镇分成了两个社会：分离的和不平等的。
Joshua Freeman, Historian: : The blackout gave you an appreciation of the fragility of urban life.
约书亚·弗里曼（Joshua Freeman），历史学家：：停电让你体会到城市生活的脆弱。
You flip a switch and darkness turns to light, you know?
你按下开关，黑暗就会变成光明，你知道吗？
And you just totally take all this stuff for granted.
你完全认为所有这些都是理所当然的。
And an event like that makes you realize how contingent, how fragile all that is.
这样的事件会让你意识到这一切是多么偶然、多么脆弱。
Ernesto Quiñonez, Resident: : You can't hit your mom because she's your mom, so you hit your little brother.
Ernesto Quiñonez，住院医生：：你不能打你的妈妈，因为她是你的妈妈，所以你可以打你的弟弟。
Something like that is what was happening.
类似的事情正在发生。
You couldn't go after these politicians that were killing your neighborhood, so you went after your little brother.
你不能追捕那些杀害你的邻居的政客，所以你去追捕你的弟弟。
You went after each other.
你们互相追逐。
Vincent Dunn, Firefighter: : If you wanted to say, "When was the bottom of the decaying, declining New York City," you would have to say 1977, the blackout.
文森特·邓恩（Vincent Dunn），消防员：如果你想说“衰败、衰落的纽约市的底部是什么时候”，你必须说 1977 年，停电。
We've had some very good prosperous times in New York City since then.
从那时起，我们在纽约市度过了一段非常美好的繁荣时光。
But this is always there as an example of what could happen.
但这始终是可能发生的事情的一个例子。
On the night of July 13, 1977, lightning strikes took out several critical power lines, causing a catastrophic power failure and plunging the New York City area into darkness.
1977 年 7 月 13 日晚上，雷击摧毁了几条重要的电线，造成灾难性的停电，纽约地区陷入一片黑暗。
By 9:30 p.m.
晚上 9:30 之前
on July 14, 1977, New York City would be plunged into darkness for more than 24 hours.
1977年7月14日，纽约市陷入黑暗超过24小时。
During the 1977 blackout in New York City, the looting began very quickly.
1977 年纽约市停电期间，抢劫很快就开始了。
While workers scrambled to restart their failed power system, New York City's police force tried to maintain order.
当工人们争先恐后地重新启动故障的电力系统时，纽约市的警察部队试图维持秩序。
Shop owners describe watching locals loot their store during the NYC blackout of 1977.
店主描述了 1977 年纽约停电期间目睹当地人洗劫他们商店的情景。
"The civilization that was New York came unglued for 24 hours, and that's what our story is about."
“纽约的文明在 24 小时内崩溃了，这就是我们的故事。”
During the 1977 blackout in New York City, Christopher Vanager was a 12-year-old living in Brooklyn with his mother.
1977 年纽约市停电期间，12 岁的克里斯托弗·瓦纳格 (Christopher Vanager) 与母亲住在布鲁克林。
Charlie Durkin, former chief system operator at Consolidated Edison electric company, discusses the 1965 and 1977 blackouts.
联合爱迪生电力公司前首席系统操作员查理·杜尔金 (Charlie Durkin) 讨论了 1965 年和 1977 年的停电事件。
In the late 1970s, New York City was plagued by economic and political troubles unlike any the city's inhabitants had experienced before.
20 世纪 70 年代末，纽约市遭受了该市居民以前从未经历过的经济和政治问题的困扰。