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After Big Snowfall, NYC Transforms Itself into Norman Rockwell Type Small Town
Aired February 18, 2003 - 05:51 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: After a big snowfall, New York City transforms itself into a Norman Rockwell type small town, at least until the snow changes color.
CNN's Jeanne Moos takes a look at this friendlier side in a postcard from New York.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Seeing New York in a blizzard is one thing, but imagine seeing it in a blizzard if you're from Florida and...
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We've never seen snow before.
MOOS (on camera): You've never seen snow before?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Unh.
MOOS (voice-over): From Central Park to Times Square, folks fell for the snowfall.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is wonderful.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm loving it, yes.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Absolutely fabulous.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's quiet, it's sweet, everybody's pleasant to each other.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, this is one of the things you dream about, getting to go cross country skiing up and down Fifth Avenue.
MOOS: One of the best things about a New York blizzard is that, for a brief time, pedestrians rather than cars rule the streets. How often can you do this in the middle of Fifth Avenue?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is unbelievable.
MOOS: So is this guy.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Like a naked cowboy...
MOOS: Sure, the naked cowboy is old hat, posing with passersby in Times Square. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Naked cowboy sandwich, meat in the middle.
MOOS: But you appreciate him all over again when you see him in his snow white skivvies out in the snow.
(on camera): He's got nerve.
UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE: He does have nerve.
MOOS (voice-over): Not to mention goose bumps. As for that other imposing New York landmark, the Empire State Building observation deck was closed to the public and we can see why. Eighty- six stories up, the flakes don't always seem to know which way to go.
(on camera): They say that snow only goes up.
(voice-over): Things were looking up for the naked cowboy. He makes a blizzard of tips.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: In a minute. In a minute. There's no room in the underwear.
MOOS: Anywhere from $100 to $1,000 a day. Out of modesty he wears two pairs of underwear. And to keep warm...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I am wearing two pairs of socks.
MOOS: This storm brought out flakes of all shapes.
Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired February 18, 2003 - 05:51 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: After a big snowfall, New York City transforms itself into a Norman Rockwell type small town, at least until the snow changes color.
CNN's Jeanne Moos takes a look at this friendlier side in a postcard from New York.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Seeing New York in a blizzard is one thing, but imagine seeing it in a blizzard if you're from Florida and...
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We've never seen snow before.
MOOS (on camera): You've never seen snow before?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Unh.
MOOS (voice-over): From Central Park to Times Square, folks fell for the snowfall.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is wonderful.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm loving it, yes.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Absolutely fabulous.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's quiet, it's sweet, everybody's pleasant to each other.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, this is one of the things you dream about, getting to go cross country skiing up and down Fifth Avenue.
MOOS: One of the best things about a New York blizzard is that, for a brief time, pedestrians rather than cars rule the streets. How often can you do this in the middle of Fifth Avenue?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is unbelievable.
MOOS: So is this guy.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Like a naked cowboy...
MOOS: Sure, the naked cowboy is old hat, posing with passersby in Times Square. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Naked cowboy sandwich, meat in the middle.
MOOS: But you appreciate him all over again when you see him in his snow white skivvies out in the snow.
(on camera): He's got nerve.
UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE: He does have nerve.
MOOS (voice-over): Not to mention goose bumps. As for that other imposing New York landmark, the Empire State Building observation deck was closed to the public and we can see why. Eighty- six stories up, the flakes don't always seem to know which way to go.
(on camera): They say that snow only goes up.
(voice-over): Things were looking up for the naked cowboy. He makes a blizzard of tips.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: In a minute. In a minute. There's no room in the underwear.
MOOS: Anywhere from $100 to $1,000 a day. Out of modesty he wears two pairs of underwear. And to keep warm...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I am wearing two pairs of socks.
MOOS: This storm brought out flakes of all shapes.
Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
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