"Unwatering" a flooded NYC tunnel

November 8, 2012 5:34 AM

The Brooklyn Battery Tunnel is typically responsible for 45,000 vehicles a day but since superstorm Sandy, it has handled none. Special correspondent Jeff Glor takes a look at the "unwatering" of a flooded tunnel at the tip of lower Manhattan.

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