Power Being Restored To Co-Op City After Elderly Woman Collapsed, Died Climbing Stairs To Apartment During Outage

New York City NY

27 February, 2021

2:12 PM

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CBS New York February 27, 2021 Power is being restored to Co-op City Saturday after the outage led to the death of an elderly resident. Police said the 73-year-old woman collapsed and died after her portable oxygen tank ran out while she climbed the stairs to her apartment on the 19th floor. The elevator was out of service after a transformer caught fire Friday morning. Read more at CBS New York