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Staten Islander here, too. I was 13. My parents went out to dinner and it was the first time they left me home alone, LOL! But Mom's best friend, who sat us as we were growing up, lived next door. We just hung out in front of the house and listened to the radio.
This should be an interesting trip down memory lane for some of us and maybe an eye opening show for those who think they yearn for 1970's NYC. Sounds like there will be lots of 70's street footage.
Hah. I was there, at my aunt's house on pearl st in brooklyn. I think I was 7 years old at the time. My memory of what actually went on is pretty hazy, though..
Do you remember David Berkawitts, known as the Son of Sam, the 45.Calaba sieral killer, he was a nut case
The entire summer of 1977 he terrorised..😠..😬..😨..😤..😣..all five Borough's Son of Sam would target.
Couple's in parked vehicle's at night, he'd walk up to the car and shoot them while the couple's were making out.
That was cruel he would also target the lover's lane, and by the Verrazano Bridge..🏭..🏭..in Brooklyn this is a.
True story made head line news, reporter's and the people in the Big Apple thought that Son of Sam was.
Responsible for the black out Sam would look and target women with long black hair.the ladies would cut.
And dye their hair and some would just wear wigs, Sam was killing at Yonkers, New York when he got to his.
Car he notice a parking ticket on his windshield he threw it on the grown and drove away.a lady looking out.
Her window seen when Son of Sam threw the ticket away.police was asking around.the witness told the cops.
About the parking ticket, they found it and that's how Sam was captured.
The Scarry part was David Berkawitts lived in Bensonhurst in Brooklyn and he worked for the USPS in Bensonhurst.
At the same time my family and I lived in Bensonhurst in Brooklyn also.
David Berkawitts is still alive, and his lock up in jail I think for the rest of his life, he was interviewed year's ago
But in order to understand what was really going on in his mind, you should watch the movie came out in the.
90's called The Summer of Sam their also seens of the 1977 Summer Black Out in The Big Apple..🗽..🏭..🏪..
Housesitting in Chelea (15th St.) for the weekend and we had friends over playing bridge.
Lights went out and we stumbled our way to the street 6 floors down and we headed down 6th Ave to the Village. Spooky with no traffic lights.
Atmosphere was festive, no violence, not as much as a single fight or broken window.
The bars were mobbed and the beer was still cold and the candlelight was nice.
That was Friday.
Things got gloomier by Saturday with no indication of how we were going to get back to Jersey City.
As I recall, by Sunday night the trains started running again.
We were shocked to find out about the rioting and looking in other parts of the City. For us it was just a nice, if HOT party.
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