<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; "><h1 class="headline instapaper_title entry-title" id="stream_title" style="font-size: 50px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.24; margin-top: 30px; margin-right: 75px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: adelle, serif; ">Into the vault: the operation to rescue Manhattan's drowned internet</h1><h2 class="subheadline" style="font-size: 28px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(187, 187, 187); text-transform: none; line-height: 30px; font-family: adelle, georgia; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: italic; "><div style="font-family: adelle, georgia; color: rgb(187, 187, 187); font-size: 28px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 30px; font-style: italic; text-transform: none; ">Hurricane Sandy's storm surge flooded Verizon's downtown office, rendering miles of copper wiring useless</div><div><br></div></h2></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/17/3655442/restoring-verizon-service-manhattan-hurricane-sandy">http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/17/3655442/restoring-verizon-service-manhattan-hurricane-sandy</a></body></html>