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A catastrophic blizzard buries Buffalo in snow and darkness, trapping residents at home and on roads, as strangers and neighbors unite in rescue and an unexpected Christmas Eve celebration.
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00:01Buffalo was a blue collar town.
00:04We were called the city of good neighbors for a reason.
00:07Race, religion, politics, they might divide us.
00:11Sports will bring people together.
00:13Go Bills. Go Bills. Go Bills.
00:16That roar still haunts me to this day.
00:20Terrible is not strong enough of a word to describe that storm.
00:24It literally destroyed this area.
00:27It's Christmas time and people are dying.
00:28We're not getting out of here.
00:31It got so cold in our house that everything froze.
00:35On Christmas Eve, the weather kept getting worse.
00:37We were terrified that we were going to die on the street.
00:41For some reason, we still had power. We have heat.
00:44That was kind of when I was like, we're just McDonald's workers.
00:46But we got to do something.
00:49And I just threw it up.
00:51If you're in the area, if you're stuck, we're here.
00:54We seen those golden arches and we're just kind of like,
00:57are you taking us to McDonald's?
00:58I was thinking I could easily lose my job for this.
01:02But at the same time, there's got to be people out there.
01:07Sometimes you just have to believe.
01:09You're trying to leave.
01:12I'm sorry, Andy.
01:13Hello, Andy.
01:16I've been telling you that, if you guys are allowed to get ahim,
01:19I've been pleased with all of this.
01:19I'm sorry, Auggie.
01:25We're pretty good.
01:26Let's go.

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