Blast fails to topple tallest S.D. Building [View All]

[LuCifer]

And we're supposed to believe that SOMEHOW by flying PLANES into a much taller structer, say perhaps THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, would topple THEM!? OH GIVE ME A DAMN BREAK ALREADY AND CUT THE CRAP! You can go :tinfoilhat: but again, please cut the shit...

Saturday December 3, 2005 11:01 PM
By DIRK LAMMERS, AP Writer

Highlights:

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Thousands of spectators gathered Saturday to watch the demolition of the city's tallest building - but the Zip Feed Mill tower was stronger than it looked.

The 202-foot-tall concrete structure dropped slightly, leaned a little - and stopped.

The abandoned feed mill elevator in downtown Sioux Falls paled in comparison to structures such as Chicago's 1,450-foot Sears Tower or even North Dakota's 242-foot state Capitol in Bismarck, but it was widely considered the tallest building in South Dakota.

Crews had drilled holes into the tower's supporting columns and stuffed them with explosives, intending to drop the tower into a heap of rubble.

However, the tower collapsed into the structure's basement and got wedged, said Eric Schuler, project manager for the Henry Carlson Co., a general contractor. The structure was stable and crews planned to return on Monday to knock it down with a crane, Schuler told KELO-TV.

``It's not an exact science,'' said Schuler. ``We'll get it down safely.''

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5455252,00.html