Crown Plaza Hotel Implosion

[Boris]

The Crown Plaza Hotel in the Texas Medical Center was imploded today to make way for the Texas Childrens Hospital's expansion.

View when we first arrived at approximately 6:00 a.m. today.





The media was there:





This one guy set up his camera and tripod, I think it was KevinfromTexas:





Sun came up and the crowds increased:








The kid on the right was the person selected to push the button; he's the son of some big shot with Texas Childrens Hospital - Dude with cap on left:







Shots of the demolition crew, and set up of the trigger box:




















Wait a minute, the kids supposed to push that:





Helicopter circling the area:








And some videos:


First video is of the scene and crowd:





Second video is of the kid getting instructions and giving interview:





Third video is of the implosion (it was freakin loud):





The fourth video is of the aftermaft. We got out of there fast because of the dust. I picked up my water bottle and put it in my mouth because I was holding my camera and video camera. You can hear me talking like a idiot:





The dust got into my eyes and contacts. I drove home teary eyed.

This was a blast. Hope you enjoyed the pics and videos.

Adios

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[urban_bearkat]

That's awesome you were there and documented it. My brother and I planned to, but couldn't motivate ourselves to wake up early enough.