Sandy One Year On: Explosion at Con Edison Plant

A massive explosion rocked a Con Edison power plant near East 14th Street on October 29, 2012, as Superstorm Sandy battered New York City. This video, uploaded by the owner of Trillian Media, Alton Christensen, shows the dramatic explosion from a vantage point across the East River in Brookyln. The explosion caused the neighborhood to plunge into darkness. Credit: Trillian Media.