World Socialist Web Site reporters spoke to residents of Gary, Indiana who spent 14 days without power after a storm damaged electrical infrastructure owned by NIPSCO, the local power monopoly.

These videos have been posted to Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, TikTok and Twitter/X. Follow the WSWS on social media for more.

“We lost my dad, the rock of our family.”

“Everybody needs to go on strike.”

“I work from home and I lost a lot of money.”

“The infrastructure in Gary is really bad.”