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Behind the scenes of the NYU hospital evacuation | Reduction

Behind the scenes of the NYU hospital evacuation

New York City, Lower Manhattan, Financial District, 26 Wall Street : Federal Hall National Memorial, J.Q.A. Ward's 1882 statue of George Washington
New York City, Lower Manhattan, Financial District, 26 Wall Street : Federal Hall National Memorial, J.Q.A. Ward's 1882 statue of George Washington by (vincent desjardins)
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After the onslaught of superstorm Sandy caused the back-up generator at New York University's medical center to fail, hospital officials say at least 300 patients were successfully evacuated to other area hospitals overnight. Fifty to 70 ambulances lined up along First Avenue in Kips Bay at around midnight Monday, just a few hours after Sandy made landfall in New Jersey and melded with a cold weather system into a nasty storm that left much of Manhattan in the dark and flooded streets and subway systems. Power had went down across Manhattan from 39th Street to the financial district, taking the hospital's electricity along with it. Backup generators kept things going, but started to fail at 11 p.m. as water flooded into the basement.

People:

Kenneth Langone

Overall Sentiment: 0.0487548

Relevance: 0.83337

SentimentQuote
0"We believed we had the machines, we believed the machines would work, and we believed everything we were told about the scope and size of the storm," Langone said, ...
0.0494886"We believed we had the machines, we believed the machines would work, and we believed everything we were told about the scope and size of the storm," Langone said, according to Bloomberg. "Do you think they'd have kept me in there if they thought I was going to be unsafe?"
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.0494886
  • Mean: 0.0247443
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Dean Grossman

Overall Sentiment: -0.226894

Relevance: 0.455708

Bloomberg

Overall Sentiment: 0.0117093

Relevance: 0.437939

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Christine Chin

Overall Sentiment: -0.0610493

Relevance: 0.431941

SentimentQuote
0.313277"At every turn and corner the great thing about it was they would keeping asking me ask me 'are you OK, are you Ok?" she said. ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.313277
  • Mean: 0.313277
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Dr. Jon LaPook

Overall Sentiment: 0.0443586

Relevance: 0.401065

Sandy

Overall Sentiment: -0.0978324

Relevance: 0.328129

Dr. Robert Grossman

Overall Sentiment: -0.42898

Relevance: 0.325959

Gary D. Cohn

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.242732

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Additional Info:

PrintMedia: Wall Street Journal

Overall Sentiment: -0.0214795

Relevance: 0.396494

Organization: Langone Medical center

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.495322

Organization: New York University's medical center

Overall Sentiment: -0.713709

Relevance: 0.405535

Organization: NYU Hospital's Board of Trustees

Overall Sentiment: -0.0781711

Relevance: 0.342316

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