We sent Phyllis McCabe out over the past three days to record the massive snow-removal operation begun in the mid-morning hours of Thursday, Feb. 20. After three days of titanic struggle against leviathan snow banks, ice-choked storm drains and myriad other challenges large and small, the combined forces of the city, led by the Department of Public Works, and the state Department of Transportation prevailed. The state of emergency was lifted in the mid-morning hours of Sunday, Feb. 23.