one has been hurt. polo sandoval near times square, thank you very much. as polo mentioned, the power is slowly coming back on. we're hearing from new yorkers what it was like during those hours that the power was out. take a quick listen. >> i was on the sixth floor. we lost power very quickly. my understanding is that there's a wire underneath our building, 101 west end, that caused the transformer to explode, and that explosion caused a blackout. >> reporter: tell me about the glow stick. >> you like the glow stick? the safety of our building, high tech, they gave us glow sticks to go down the stairwell. >> enterprising rescue item there, glow sticks handed out to new york city residents. joining me is cnn's alexandra field. alex, you were driving through the streets of new york, i