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Arctic Blast, Day 2: Step Into The Deep Freeze


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Claire Lampen

Published Jan 31, 2019

Modified Jan 31, 2019


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Firefighter uses hose to battle a fire in Bedford-Stuyvesant—and the water formed ice on a tree
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Published Jan 31, 2019

Modified Jan 31, 2019


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