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Photos: Remembering the Epic Blizzard of 1993

A look back at the monster snowstorm that pummeled the East Coast 20 years ago

By SKYE Editors Mar 11, 2013

  • Bill Turnbull/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images
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    Snow plows roll North on 1st Ave. and 22nd St. trying to keep up with the blizzard of 1993.

    For more info on the storm, click here.

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  • TIM CLARY/AFP/Getty Images
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    A pizza delivery man shields himself from the blizzard conditions pounding New York City as he waits to cross second Avenue on March 13, 1993.

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  • AP Photo/Mike Albans
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    A New York City taxi driver tries to free his cab from snow piled up by street plows on March 15, 1993, in lower Manhattan, after a winter storm hit the metropolitan area.

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  • AP Photo/Stephen Savoia
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    Tim Stevenson shovels snow against a railroad tie placed in front of a friend's driveway on Foster Avenue in Marshfield, Mass., March 13, 1993. The men hoped the little barrier would keep sea water from rolling down the driveway and into the basement when the surf breached the sea wall across the street.

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  • AP Photo/Justine Sutcliffe
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    Morning commuters negotiate their way over one of many walls of ice and snow that blocked street corners in midtown Manhattan on March 15, 1993.

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  • AP Photo/Curtis Compton
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    A motorist makes an early exit after losing control of his vehicle, which slid off the road on Interstate 20 East, during a blizzard in Atlanta, March 13, 1993. The area was battered by the major storm which caused power outages and snarling traffic.

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  • Robert Rosamilio/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images
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    A man digs out a car in New York after the blizzard of 1993.

    RELATED ON SKYE: Remembering the Blizzard of '93, 20 Years Later

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