15 Structure Demolitions GONE WRONG

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  • Опубликовано: 15 май 2024
  • Sometimes older buildings and structures need to be demolished, to clear space for new buildings. Usually demolitions go as planned, but sometimes mistakes do happen. Let's take a look at some structure demolitions gone wrong!
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  • @melvinlee9263
    @melvinlee9263 2 года назад +253

    "The Miami Condo collapsed on its own". Talk about a foreshadowing...

    • @eonaon6914
      @eonaon6914 2 года назад +25

      I personally would be more worried after seeing that if I lived in any of the surrounding buildings and wonder if the same company made mine.

    • @VanitiGyrl
      @VanitiGyrl 2 года назад +25

      Man!!! I immediately ran to the comments after the Miami building.

    • @denverdubois5835
      @denverdubois5835 2 года назад +23

      I know! Sure got my attention fast. That must have been terrifying to witness. I wonder how many of those big Miami beach condo buildings are barely-standing deathtraps.

    • @onexlifeonly132
      @onexlifeonly132 2 года назад +14

      @@denverdubois5835 I'm sure there's a few ticking time bombs. I just really hope all this has opened their eyes to what such neglect could do. Unfortunately they wouldn't look at the people deceased from their neglect as the most important factor. It would be the possible loss of income they wouldn't be making if the building collapsed as well for their reputation. A damn shame this happened in such a modern age.. Not because of mother nature or a freak accident; rather neglect/greed. Something that could have been prevented if they looked at human life (customers life) as the most valuable thing. No, they're only $$$ signs until their neglect/greed catches up with them. Value money over human life is the motto.

    • @meckelbu
      @meckelbu 2 года назад +3

      Agreed, I thought of the same immediately when the presenter mentioned that the condo collapsed unexpectedly since the structure was weaker than expected, the implication being that it had such critically minimal structural margin left that normal pre-weakening and drilling for the explosives left it unable to bear its own dead load - so it's possible that in ten years time or whatever it might have collapsed on its own had it been left standing and occupied.

  • @guymandude999
    @guymandude999 3 года назад +159

    I wonder if anyone in that apartment building was woken by the explosions to look out of their window and see the factory rolling toward them. I bet they'd be really surprised.

    • @user-pb3jj5vw6e
      @user-pb3jj5vw6e 3 года назад +7

      i'd be terrified

    • @i.dle.k
      @i.dle.k 3 года назад +1

      @@user-pb3jj5vw6e I'd*

    • @user-pb3jj5vw6e
      @user-pb3jj5vw6e 3 года назад +10

      @@i.dle.k i dont need to have perfect grammar but thx anyways lol

    • @i.dle.k
      @i.dle.k 3 года назад

      @@user-pb3jj5vw6e yea yea lol

    • @kevinlimo696
      @kevinlimo696 2 года назад +5

      There wouldn't have been a soul in that apartment. They would have been evacuated long before the blast.

  • @mjcs6399
    @mjcs6399 Год назад +48

    The St. Petersburg footage is heart-wrenching as you see the worker on top of the building scramble as it collapsed under him. RIP.

    • @floydphillipsco
      @floydphillipsco Год назад +8

      That footage was awful... I feel so bad for him...

    • @PizzaHorse
      @PizzaHorse Год назад +2

      The fact that only one person died though... Could have been way worse. May or may not have been that person.

    • @Tibs_Budapest
      @Tibs_Budapest Год назад +4

      The other guy next to him in the crane basket survived as the building collapsed under him and he was hanging in the basket.

    • @ThereWasNoFreeName
      @ThereWasNoFreeName Год назад +2

      They cut supports one by one instead of cutting leaving some behind, that made structure very unbalanced (one side had all supports and other had none) so the roof fell, and because it was very heavy it also made enough force to take down the wall. Tragic event caused not by mistake but sheer stupidity.

    • @emmapeel8163
      @emmapeel8163 2 месяца назад

      5:01 .. terrible also for the man in the basket. what a nightmare to see!

  • @nahmastay3300
    @nahmastay3300 2 года назад +158

    Note to self....avoid Miami condos at ALLL COSTS.

    • @silversun3133
      @silversun3133 2 года назад +1

      Right?!

    • @jerelcowan6943
      @jerelcowan6943 2 года назад +1

      Lol

    • @geomegamer3821
      @geomegamer3821 2 года назад +1

      I know right

    • @geomegamer3821
      @geomegamer3821 2 года назад +1

      😬

    • @jlthomas531
      @jlthomas531 2 года назад +6

      Avoid condos in general...condos suck Dick.cant do shit with them... It's like buying a piece of road and thinking you can do something with it

  • @emusaurus
    @emusaurus 3 года назад +390

    “Thousands of people were left without power for hours.”
    The power line down the road from me was hit by a tree branch and I was without power for 5 days. I now have a generator.

    • @arturoseleme
      @arturoseleme 3 года назад +2

      Wow that is crazy

    • @mehere8299
      @mehere8299 3 года назад +15

      Which is great if you're rich and privileged enough to own a house!

    • @tomnook2612
      @tomnook2612 3 года назад

      I saw something like that after a heavy rain

    • @DrJackBright1
      @DrJackBright1 3 года назад +2

      Like many people lose power for a few hours after a big event but I lose power from fire on my line in winter

    • @errr_amongus311
      @errr_amongus311 3 года назад +1

      a tree is stronger than a chimney stack

  • @austinharding9734
    @austinharding9734 Год назад +19

    Did you see that guy at 4:57???? Holy shit dude!😱😰😳😲😲 He was SOOOO close to escaping, he hopped the rail for the cage and you can tell he leaped for the cage where his buddy was and and barely missed it! I can't imagine how that guy in the cage felt watching that guy leap for the cage for deal life, miss it, and disappear into the falling rubble 🥺

  • @Bobrogers99
    @Bobrogers99 2 года назад +5

    I expected to see many repeats, but most of these were clips that haven't previously been shown on RUclips. Thank you!

  • @akizeta
    @akizeta 3 года назад +166

    "Australian Beer Silo" is my new band name.

  • @josephbugaj8149
    @josephbugaj8149 3 года назад +88

    I remember the Crawford plant. Wasn’t far from where I lived. The twin stacks were a bit of an icon in suburban Chicago (they could be seen from Midway) and it was weird seeing the plant be disassembled bit by bit. Looking at it today (at the time of writing) there’s barely anything left.
    With Crawford gone, there’s one coal fired plant standing in Chicago (inactive as well) and that is the Fisk Generating Station, standing since 1903. (Current units inside since 1968)

    • @jimwortman5306
      @jimwortman5306 2 года назад +3

      Ok

    • @bradentheman1373
      @bradentheman1373 Год назад +1

      i dont remeber asking

    • @Im_Backk
      @Im_Backk Год назад +3

      @@bradentheman1373 bro remember* and nobody asked for ur opinion

    • @marsianer4842
      @marsianer4842 Год назад

      Crimea is not Russia and the annexation was and is against international law. Do not sterilize the history of Crimea by acting as if Russia has "jurisdiction". That is spreading Russian disinformation and lies. Crimea is Ukraine.

    • @davidmudry5622
      @davidmudry5622 Год назад

      And Building 7 was perfect without any explosives? ruclips.net/video/LJPuWy9utss/видео.html

  • @chrisc6015
    @chrisc6015 Год назад +26

    Fun fact: not only was the picture used in the thumbnail not on this video, it wasn’t even a demolition. It is a collapse building from an earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan, in 2018

    • @lune78
      @lune78 Год назад +4

      It's called clickbait. Welcome to RUclips.

    • @julinarlie2684
      @julinarlie2684 Год назад +2

      Welcome to clickbait world!

    • @Thejeepcalledred5
      @Thejeepcalledred5 Год назад

      Ok?

    • @robertschmidt522
      @robertschmidt522 Год назад +1

      Nice that you caught that too. I lived just a few blocks away from that building, although didn’t move there until the year following the earthquake.

  • @RB-bd5tz
    @RB-bd5tz 2 года назад +20

    10:13 "It's just lucky that no one was there at the time." What crap. It would have been purposely evacuated for the demolition.

  • @alexandertheresurrection2810
    @alexandertheresurrection2810 2 года назад +76

    4:57 Dude!!! Fucking insane! You can clearly see that guy running after the platform for dear life! And he fell! That’s some shit you only see in action movies. RIP.

  • @brie3679
    @brie3679 2 года назад +66

    5:00 if you watch in slow motion, it looks like the guy got to the basket right as the floor dropped out from under him and he JUST missed. It literally almost looks like he has hold of the basket or was even hanging on for a second. Heart breaking. Literally. I hope the survivor who was in the basket for therapy...

    • @garnorix
      @garnorix 2 года назад +4

      Yeah....he didnt make that.

    • @jacksonschanneljohannsen6478
      @jacksonschanneljohannsen6478 2 года назад +4

      Ya, just 3 morr seconds, he might have gotten a better grip☹ R.I.P

    • @Nakira2000
      @Nakira2000 2 года назад +5

      I didn't notice the first time around, until I slowed it down... holy carp... that poor guy in his last moments trying to scramble to that cage lift....

    • @worlwr2
      @worlwr2 2 года назад +2

      @@Nakira2000 from another commenter with more info on this: "If you go to Fontanka Ru channel, you'll find several videos of this day. The guy was first tied to the cage, but the rope it was too short. He was told then to go without the harness. There is even a video (go pro camera on his partner helmet) where they are talking about going without the rope."
      The full video without specific frames clipped out here:
      ruclips.net/video/-NTDncv0udQ/видео.html

    • @sangouda1645
      @sangouda1645 2 года назад

      @@worlwr2 so unfortunate for that guy, he should have never overlooked safety.

  • @Daniyoyo
    @Daniyoyo 2 года назад +15

    “ they were sampling the product as they attempted to bring down the beer silo “ lmao

  • @overanDownUnder
    @overanDownUnder 3 года назад +138

    5:08 - 5:16 dude had to hop a fence on the roof, and run to the basket before it collapsed. Man, poor dude has to have emotional scars from that one.

    • @lukek5303
      @lukek5303 3 года назад +78

      I have a feeling he was the 1 guy who didn't make it. He never got into the basket, the guy who lifts away from the dome was already in the basket.

    • @Uptomyknees
      @Uptomyknees 3 года назад +36

      He didn't make it.

    • @Red4350
      @Red4350 3 года назад +19

      that was really hard to watch ...i though the made it until i reminded it and seen that there was already someone in there.

    • @overanDownUnder
      @overanDownUnder 3 года назад +33

      Holy shit, I didn’t see there were 2 dudes. Man, guy in the basket definitely is going to have emotional issues from that one, watching ya mate try make it in time and not. Shit.

    • @chrisfields458
      @chrisfields458 3 года назад +8

      Yeah that guy went down with the structure, his coworker was already in the cage.

  • @zardox78
    @zardox78 3 года назад +30

    16:48 Thanks, Captain Hindsight! What would we do without you?

  • @ultranitro437
    @ultranitro437 3 года назад +49

    "Its just lucky that no one was there at the time"
    Are you sure? Don't you think they might have evacuated the building next door in case something like that happened?...

    • @peterrevens8454
      @peterrevens8454 3 года назад +6

      Exactly 👍

    • @aaronmanchester3194
      @aaronmanchester3194 2 года назад +1

      yeah

    • @loutenant2817
      @loutenant2817 2 года назад

      If it's the same one I watched before I heard that people's pets were still in there

    • @davidmudry5622
      @davidmudry5622 Год назад

      Don't they know that fire works better than explosives? ruclips.net/video/LJPuWy9utss/видео.html

  • @ryandaniel7347
    @ryandaniel7347 3 года назад +14

    I live in Pontiac. And I could hear the explosion of the Pontiac Silverdome from my house. I miss going to the Pontiac Silverdome. Great memories there.

  • @oscartango2348
    @oscartango2348 Год назад +4

    These 15 Structure Demolitions GONE WRONG, gave me the "Gone Wrong CHILLS!!!"

  • @The_Candyman86
    @The_Candyman86 Год назад +13

    that poor guy at 5:15 trying to run to the cage where 1 man was already in and just missed it. cant imagine what he was going through. he had a family, ppl that depend on him, i hope the demolition company got sued like theres no tomorrow.

    • @jakerogers6366
      @jakerogers6366 Год назад

      dude i kept watching that part to actually figure out what happened, he had to have been one of the fatalities.

    • @yash5864
      @yash5864 Год назад

      @@jakerogers6366 So damn close to making it onto the lift

  • @TheOriginalJphyper
    @TheOriginalJphyper 2 года назад +74

    I remember reading about #5 in the newspaper. Those reporters had a field day. The former employees who had worked there were by far the most amused by the failure, as they'd tried to stop the plans for demolition. They saw it as the building giving one last middle finger to those who wanted it gone.

    • @peppermeat8059
      @peppermeat8059 2 года назад +5

      lol

    • @chadmiller2224
      @chadmiller2224 2 года назад +2

      It had been closed and empty.... It was also an eye sore. Why would you want to keep it??

    • @TheOriginalJphyper
      @TheOriginalJphyper 2 года назад +6

      @@chadmiller2224 Sentimental reasons, of course.

    • @davidmudry5622
      @davidmudry5622 Год назад

      Don't they know that fire works better than explosives? ruclips.net/video/LJPuWy9utss/видео.html

    • @davidmudry5622
      @davidmudry5622 Год назад

      And Building 7 was perfect without any explosives? ruclips.net/video/LJPuWy9utss/видео.html

  • @lindalee7322
    @lindalee7322 3 года назад +53

    I love watching successful and unsuccessful demolitions and implosions like these. Good video . I appreciate the narrative, too. Kudos!

    • @SasaSasa-wy9wu
      @SasaSasa-wy9wu 2 года назад +4

      As long as no one’s hurt it’s entertaining

    • @davidmudry5622
      @davidmudry5622 Год назад

      Don't they know that fire works better than explosives? ruclips.net/video/LJPuWy9utss/видео.html

    • @davidmudry5622
      @davidmudry5622 Год назад

      And Building 7 was perfect without any explosives? ruclips.net/video/LJPuWy9utss/видео.html

    • @BallsngI
      @BallsngI 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@SasaSasa-wy9wucar crash compilations:

  • @richardabkstorm9009
    @richardabkstorm9009 Год назад +2

    Thank you for this vid fellas...This one was very entertaining!! 👍🙏

  • @_Dark222Angel_
    @_Dark222Angel_ 2 года назад +3

    14:33 Miami condos. looks like Champlain

  • @samuelbarrington2170
    @samuelbarrington2170 3 года назад +77

    Simple history voice. Such a nice relaxing voice

    • @twizz420
      @twizz420 3 года назад

      @@Potato_WoT The narrator is the same as the one from Simple History.

    • @eclecticjon1019
      @eclecticjon1019 3 года назад +4

      I find it irritating.

    • @johnkeltner1741
      @johnkeltner1741 3 года назад

      @@Potato_WoT mmm l

    • @chriskane1
      @chriskane1 3 года назад +2

      Good ear! I love narrating this type of content. 😊

    • @maggiemakgill
      @maggiemakgill 3 года назад

      @@eclecticjon1019 Especially when he can't pronounce Dalhousie, New Brunswick correctly, the town in N.B., its university, and port Dalhousie in Ontario are all pronounced Dal-HOW-sie!

  • @L_U-K_E
    @L_U-K_E 3 года назад +112

    4:57 omg you see that poor guy try and grab onto the cage :,(

    • @brickitect420
      @brickitect420 3 года назад +2

      I couldn't tell, did he make it??

    • @rodas1051
      @rodas1051 3 года назад +14

      @@brickitect420 no he didn't make

    • @WillaHerrera
      @WillaHerrera 3 года назад +10

      Nice catch. I totally didn't see that. That's horrible. Rest In Peace sir.

    • @blairsucks
      @blairsucks 3 года назад +19

      Imagine being the guy on the cage forever replaying that day of his coworker running for his life only to fall short and long.

    • @shawnchong5196
      @shawnchong5196 3 года назад +1

      Edit: Looks like did not make it :( There was someone already in the cage.
      Original: He made it, you can see him grab on! Dude, that guy went into overdrive mode, when the collapse started, you can see his adrenaline kick in, he doesn't stumble, and jumps at the last second. Talk about lucky!

  • @sarah.weaver
    @sarah.weaver 2 года назад +51

    #4 hits the feels a lot different now 😔

  • @gary9655
    @gary9655 Год назад

    That flour plant that just rolled over is funny! It wasn't going quietly lol

  • @michellesimmonds6296
    @michellesimmonds6296 3 года назад +6

    I am in awe of a James Bond style escape made by worker on top of dam wall, ran straight onto cradle hanging from crane as he watches the wall fall drop below 😲

    • @michellesimmonds6296
      @michellesimmonds6296 3 года назад

      @Bryson Gamblin yes I watched the clip again, heart breaking!😪

  • @michaelfox933
    @michaelfox933 3 года назад +42

    Holy shit that guy was one grip away from grabbing that cart

    • @GodNuVo
      @GodNuVo 3 года назад +8

      poor worker :( .

  • @benn.i
    @benn.i 2 года назад +75

    The amount of stock footage in this video is ridiculous.

    • @lao8006
      @lao8006 2 года назад +6

      They used a scene from war of the world when talking about the Canadian power plant lol

    • @johnwebb4869
      @johnwebb4869 2 года назад +1

      stock powers the media universe, WTF else would you do? Decent production, learned stuff.

    • @benn.i
      @benn.i 2 года назад +6

      @@johnwebb4869 well, I would have been happier if they actually showed the destructions they are talking about (more). I don’t need to see stock footage from people pointing at plans ten times in a row.

    • @boeinthuziast
      @boeinthuziast 2 года назад +1

      @@benn.i true

  • @finncarlbomholtsrensen1188
    @finncarlbomholtsrensen1188 Год назад +6

    I lived close to the silo in Denmark when it became demolished, and it did some damage on the nearby, former building for storing goods. on the harbor. But during the new use for the area, it became a library, far away from most of the people using it!

  • @Mini-vi8oo
    @Mini-vi8oo 3 года назад +20

    12:20 i love how you can ses all the different coloured rooms in the exposed block of flats. so many people lived in them

    • @vice.nor.virtue
      @vice.nor.virtue 3 года назад +1

      Oh yeah! That's such a cute observation!

  • @Dilligff
    @Dilligff 2 года назад +33

    Number 4 is all the more ironic after Surfside recently. Makes me wonder if it was the same company/engineers that built them.

  • @holdencaulfied7492
    @holdencaulfied7492 2 года назад +4

    Stop interrupting the footage! Show the whole video!!

  • @MegaRazorback
    @MegaRazorback 2 года назад +4

    Glad to see that Australian one on the list, that one actually got a chuckle out of everyone by the end of it when it happened.

  • @MrBeard17
    @MrBeard17 3 года назад +33

    18:21 ''..why carry out the work during a pandemic?"
    *People still have to work and eat*

    • @drake.707
      @drake.707 3 года назад +4

      Not everyone needs to work and eat. Jack doesn't. Rose didn't save him. She decided to not share the enormous door she was on and he slipped under the water not even attempting to swim. Rose is worse than Carole Baskin.

    • @benjohnston2558
      @benjohnston2558 3 года назад +1

      Were they not wearing masks anyway? Would that not be better lol?

    • @drake.707
      @drake.707 3 года назад

      @ׄlife. It has to do with life.

  • @pillettadoinswartsh4974
    @pillettadoinswartsh4974 3 года назад +64

    I bet the insurance companies just LOVE these videos.

    • @williamchauncey8100
      @williamchauncey8100 2 года назад

      Osha

    • @davidmudry5622
      @davidmudry5622 Год назад

      Don't they know that fire works better than explosives? ruclips.net/video/LJPuWy9utss/видео.html

  • @Porsche996driver
    @Porsche996driver Год назад +8

    Today at the Port of Long Beach they are disassembling the old Desmond bridge. They lowered the main center section directly to a waiting barge below.
    Incredible but it went flawless.

  • @RandomVideos-re9ux
    @RandomVideos-re9ux 2 года назад +283

    the building in the Tumbnail collapsed not because of demolition. It collapsed because of a strong earthquake. Many people died in there, and it is extremely disrespectful to use it as a thumbnail saying that it’s due to a demolition fail. I truly hope you can change it as it deeply affects many people

    • @zulmarquez8496
      @zulmarquez8496 2 года назад +25

      Exactly what i thought! I was in Taiwan too when that earthquake happened!!

    • @childofcascadia
      @childofcascadia 2 года назад +32

      Thank you for letting people know this. Its really disrespectful to the people that died, and also clickbaity.

    • @neoAREAXIS
      @neoAREAXIS Год назад +4

      Tofu dreg building. May as well be the same 🤷‍♀️

    • @RCTYTUBE
      @RCTYTUBE Год назад +1

      So ??? Differ kutta

    • @peaceful_chaos14
      @peaceful_chaos14 Год назад +9

      It’s been 10 months and this video owner still hasn’t changed it.

  • @SneazingWalrus
    @SneazingWalrus 3 года назад +41

    Rip that man that went for the lead of Faith at 5:00. Woulda been a sick movie trailer.

    • @Rini___
      @Rini___ 3 года назад +3

      Rip.. so sad :(

    • @orionbroadcast9226
      @orionbroadcast9226 3 года назад

      We don't know for certain he's the one who died. I mean, I'd be surprised if he survived but remember they said only one worker died and there were workers INSIDE the structure when it collapsed. He may be one of the guys who lived.

    • @stephenhumphrey7935
      @stephenhumphrey7935 2 года назад

      It reminded me of one of the jumps in Tomb Raider or the Uncharted series.

  • @jshilohshea381
    @jshilohshea381 3 года назад +11

    I remember watching the Pontiac Silverdome being built....however at least I got to catch the bloopers on its demise as well....

  • @debasishraychawdhuri
    @debasishraychawdhuri 8 месяцев назад +2

    They made buildings that just would not fall even with several rounds of explosion. And now, the ceilings of the schools are falling without any help.

  • @heyspookyboogie644
    @heyspookyboogie644 Год назад +6

    4:54 wow! You can see the guy try to get up and dive for the safety of the crane basket his coworker is in as the building starts to collapse. Unfortunately he waits just a second too long to get running and misses the basket and goes down with the building. Damn that’s rough. Imagine being the guy in the basket too seeing a coworker desperately try to make it and missing.

    • @cns1010
      @cns1010 Год назад

      Damn….I missed that the first time. That is just brutal….he was so close to the basket.

  • @MossManK
    @MossManK 3 года назад +57

    It's good to see Charlie Sheen finding voice-over work during the pandemic.

    • @johnkere5004
      @johnkere5004 3 года назад

      Everyone says that I am first then I am second 😂.

    • @marctastic32
      @marctastic32 3 года назад

      lol

    • @sillyoldfrog
      @sillyoldfrog 3 года назад

      I'm last

    • @bricknmotor
      @bricknmotor 3 года назад

      Dude no doubt. I never would of heard that without reading your comment. Ha

    • @WillaHerrera
      @WillaHerrera 3 года назад

      That's absolutely crazy that as I was reading your comment my mind just heard Charlie's voice clear as day. Is this really him? I doubt it but it sure does sound like him.

  • @clairejohnston2122
    @clairejohnston2122 3 года назад +35

    4:58 you can see the guy running to try get off the roof, while another guy is in the hanger basket, god bless them all

    • @HyperTextMarkupLanguage-HTML
      @HyperTextMarkupLanguage-HTML 3 года назад

      @@deez5595 I don’t think someone’s gonna copy a comment trying to make it obvious about something..

  • @draugnaustaunikunhymnphoo6978
    @draugnaustaunikunhymnphoo6978 Год назад +4

    I am glad even structures stand up for themselves against bullies.

    • @davidmudry5622
      @davidmudry5622 Год назад

      Don't they know that fire works better than explosives? ruclips.net/video/LJPuWy9utss/видео.html

  • @Kaiimei
    @Kaiimei 2 года назад +2

    Top Fives: "15-"
    I'm going to stop you right there.

  • @cameron2348
    @cameron2348 3 года назад +148

    a demolition of a powerplant in springfield? sounds like homer screwed up somehow

  • @benderbrodriguez9254
    @benderbrodriguez9254 3 года назад +35

    Now we just need “No Commentary Demolitions”

  • @joeyzek00
    @joeyzek00 2 года назад +4

    When you need a building to be brought down, who you gonna call? Larry "pull it" Silversteinn

  • @abs3704
    @abs3704 Год назад +17

    The detailed explanation behind every demolition makes this video so much better than the mindless ones only showing demolitions.

    • @ericblom9568
      @ericblom9568 Год назад +3

      Is it just me or does the narrator almost eerily sound like Charlie Sheen?

  • @omniperson1319
    @omniperson1319 3 года назад +37

    4:57 you can see the man that died he didnt make it to the crane basket.

    • @jouisimo5701
      @jouisimo5701 3 года назад +5

      he was probably fine because he was on top, bigger problem for the people inside. also they would not show it if one of the visibel died most likely.

    • @mehere8299
      @mehere8299 3 года назад +1

      ...it's an animation. That was probably meant to show the person who died.

  • @d.j.savick
    @d.j.savick 3 года назад +9

    I saw the Leaning Tower of Dallas. It was a popular photo spot for a while.

  • @_netbot
    @_netbot 2 года назад +38

    If they want a building to come down they should just call up the engineers who built the Champlain Towers

    • @hambone2133
      @hambone2133 2 года назад +1

      Call the military... They're the ones who turned 7 skyscrapers into baby powder in New York back in 2001.

  • @davids9520
    @davids9520 8 месяцев назад +1

    Excellent examples of why they aren't using explosives, to take down the Packard plant in Detroit. It may look slow. But it is less likely to cause damage and pollution to the surrounding area.

  • @FalbertForester
    @FalbertForester Год назад +9

    A) It's "Dal - house - ee" for Dalhousie, New Brunswick. B) There was a power plant near me, at the Loring Development Center, that failed similarly to many of these. The stacks and first floor were blown out, but the rest of the building just dropped straight down, and stayed in one piece, sitting on the rubble of the first floor.

  • @kevinzachary9824
    @kevinzachary9824 3 года назад +6

    Frank -"Now I want this building to fall to my right"
    Bill - "So your right is my left, right?"
    "Kaboom......Shit!".......

  • @xcesar4impx666
    @xcesar4impx666 Год назад +2

    the narrator's voice is awesome, hi's the narrator for SIMPLE HISTORY !!! love his narrations !

  • @montanamike7948
    @montanamike7948 2 года назад

    Few videos on here are this quality. Nice video

  • @SwastikaHinduSansrkit
    @SwastikaHinduSansrkit 3 года назад +4

    They all should have consulted Larry Silverstein and asked him how he brought down his Trade Towers. They did a great job there.

    • @brooklynyte
      @brooklynyte 3 года назад +1

      Top comment material right here. It's sad when not one, but TWO skyscrapers come down perfectly inside its own footprint, at near free fall speed but if you dare question anything you get the "conspiracy theorist" label. Can't have you being taken seriously or anything crazy like that!

    • @jdmcnugent6808
      @jdmcnugent6808 3 года назад +1

      Especially tower 7

    • @SwastikaHinduSansrkit
      @SwastikaHinduSansrkit 3 года назад

      @@brooklynyte I agree. Honestly looking back at that day it makes me wonder how stupid we citizens really are under the government's powers. And now they have us believing that covid-19 really exist this is just another operation for us to believe something they tell us. The end result is to inject poison into our blood so we get vaccinated

  • @C_Rodica
    @C_Rodica 3 года назад +18

    Aw! So I have asbestos? Weird way to find out! Thanks for letting me know!

  • @JSmith2501
    @JSmith2501 Год назад

    That one guy in the suspended cage at the St Petersburg entertainment complex as it collapsed, was like 'Wah-wah!', to that other dude.

  • @richardmilner6489
    @richardmilner6489 2 года назад

    Haha the silver dome all I can thing of is Michael cole saying ahh hogan this is the super dome hahaha

  • @scubardiveshop1389
    @scubardiveshop1389 3 года назад +8

    the photo in this thumbnail is an apartment building in Hualien, Taiwan that fell like that due to an Earthquake. My friend lived in that building.

  • @AdubsMMA
    @AdubsMMA 3 года назад +9

    Not even a demolition crew can win where the lions call home. 😂

  • @martinwalters770
    @martinwalters770 Год назад +2

    This legit needs a warning that you will see someone die. Heartbreaking to watch someone's last moments alive.

  • @marwood1969
    @marwood1969 Год назад +12

    I wonder how many of these buildings contain asbestos and how often it's 'accidentally' overlooked. Removing the stuff is very expensive and I'm sure oftentimes it's illegally ignored because they know that any illness or death related to it would take years to manifest and would be impossible to trace back to them and their demolition.

    • @Dutch3DMaster
      @Dutch3DMaster Год назад

      In some cases the explosion site is sprayed heavily with water to stop a possible spread of asbestos. Not sure about the US but here all the alarms go off of they find it before demolishing it (blowing up buildings is reasonably uncommon here because the structures in The Netherlands are usually not big enough to do so, but also in the way of to much other buildings to do it reasonably cheaply.
      We did however try it with a quay somewhere, and screwed it up by using to much explosives, shattering windows and in a couple of cases cracking walls :P

    • @user-ht9ez4jt6j
      @user-ht9ez4jt6j Год назад

      Led me to think

  • @TheTotallyRealXiJinping
    @TheTotallyRealXiJinping 2 года назад +5

    13:38: Miami Condos
    Me, in today’s age: Hahoooo he called it guys he called it!!!

  • @earthling7260
    @earthling7260 3 года назад +6

    "You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off !"

  • @squidproquo2241
    @squidproquo2241 2 года назад +2

    The most successful demolitions are done by flying airplanes into the buildings above the mid level. There are no need for sophisticated calculations and expensive explosives.

  • @cmh3191
    @cmh3191 2 года назад

    Watching this from Sioux Falls, Was really surprised to hear the Mill mentioned

  • @pepsidrink19
    @pepsidrink19 3 года назад +13

    To anyone curious about the thumbnail:
    It's a building in Taiwan that ended up tilting due to an earthquake. It has nothing to do with demolition fails
    And for someone who's family grew up in Dalhousie, you didn't say it's name right haha

    • @LeofromFreo
      @LeofromFreo 3 года назад +1

      Thanks for the correction.

  • @styroyou
    @styroyou Год назад +4

    NO ONE can flawlessly demolish huge buildings LIKE OSAMA BIN LADEN!

    • @davidmudry5622
      @davidmudry5622 Год назад

      Don't they know that fire works better than explosives? ruclips.net/video/LJPuWy9utss/видео.html

  • @OntarioAndrews415
    @OntarioAndrews415 Год назад +2

    At the 4:56 mark; the St. Petersburg Sport and Concert Complex - the video of it actually collapsing where you can see the people on top doing what ever they need to do to survive. Wow!

  • @Sciguy95
    @Sciguy95 Год назад +2

    I worked in Dallas at the time and drove by the leaning tower every day going to work. It was surprising to see it the first time.

  • @bjw4859
    @bjw4859 Год назад +6

    I remember that brewery complex just outside of Brisbane that they failed to demolish on the 1st go, there were running jokes that beer fairies were holding it up, as a Nation, we are a bit reluctant to knock down anything beer related.

  • @mjk4147
    @mjk4147 3 года назад +4

    The answer to the video's last question: It's Chicago....would you expect anything else?

  • @Abi-uj8yg
    @Abi-uj8yg 2 года назад +4

    I am from little village and can attest to the smoke and dust. I live on the opposite side to where the building was and the dust reached all the way over to us. It was crazy

    • @keirboyko
      @keirboyko 2 года назад

      Move to Canada, you'll have no problem living here.

  • @vader97100
    @vader97100 3 года назад +1

    The Pontiac Silverdome implosion botch is just so fitting considering the Lions

  • @jcortizenterprises
    @jcortizenterprises 3 года назад +60

    So exhausting to have to be skipping forward to the juicy parts

    • @detroitbloodrunsinme8194
      @detroitbloodrunsinme8194 3 года назад +8

      I’m with u, this guys talks to much

    • @KLondike5
      @KLondike5 3 года назад +2

      The unrelated cheesy stock footage is not a good choice of illustrating the story.

    • @felixspaghetti2611
      @felixspaghetti2611 3 года назад +1

      You guys know you can just get other videos of just destruction compilations

    • @peterjf7723
      @peterjf7723 3 года назад +2

      @@felixspaghetti2611 I agree, much more interesting to have some additional information about what is being shown.

  • @musicforpeacefulmind1827
    @musicforpeacefulmind1827 3 года назад +4

    Interesting video, very memorizable!

  • @dannydougin3925
    @dannydougin3925 Год назад +5

    I am guessing the one person who died was the man seen scrambling for the crane basket in the St. Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex collapse at 4:55 as seen to the left. He missed it and rode that concrete all the way down! Yikes!

  • @Ajwad99
    @Ajwad99 2 года назад +4

    I’m just amazed at how strong some of these buildings are

    • @4Everlast
      @4Everlast Год назад

      Strangely they're not using jet fuel to take buildings down. 😉#9/11

    • @davidmudry5622
      @davidmudry5622 Год назад

      Don't they know that fire works better than explosives? ruclips.net/video/LJPuWy9utss/видео.html

  • @Bandit69ply
    @Bandit69ply 3 года назад +11

    Always sucks seeing the Pontiac Silverdome being demolished. Lots of great memories there with my dad.

  • @mowenk6522
    @mowenk6522 3 года назад +13

    Sounds like simple history

  • @susanwahl6322
    @susanwahl6322 2 года назад +10

    At 14:00 is an omen of things to come.

    • @heatherg1706
      @heatherg1706 2 года назад

      That’s freakish. Should have been a sign and followed up on. ☹️

  • @JamesStewart-lx5wb
    @JamesStewart-lx5wb 2 года назад +2

    I know about the Pontiac Silverdome demolition that went wrong all too well.

  • @wht-rabt-obj
    @wht-rabt-obj 3 года назад +4

    Used to live in Pontiac. Been to the Silver Done many, many times.

    • @nomisnoxin
      @nomisnoxin 2 года назад

      Ironic cos I use to live In a Pontiac

  • @tearriamurphy7855
    @tearriamurphy7855 3 года назад +13

    Wow I'm surprised about that last story in Chicago. I live right on the other side of Lake Michigan in Benton Harbor, Michigan and I didn't hear anything about that on the news.

    • @blackhawks81H
      @blackhawks81H Год назад

      I was living in Chicago at the time and STILL didn't hear about it. Lol that's Chicago for you though. It's ironic you live in Benton Harbor too. I moved my business from Chicago to Benton Harbor about a year or so ago, and I live in Coloma right near by. Benton Harbor is so much better than Chicago 👍

    • @tearriamurphy7855
      @tearriamurphy7855 Год назад

      @@blackhawks81H yes I would have to agree.

  • @Not_StealthFlacon
    @Not_StealthFlacon Год назад

    the Australian beer silo became the leaning tower of beersa XD

  • @darylcheshire1618
    @darylcheshire1618 3 года назад +5

    I saw photos of the demolition of the coal stage at Ararat, a massive structure of iron and concrete, the demolition attempt left the building leaning over and stayed that way for a week.

  • @maidenminnesota1
    @maidenminnesota1 3 года назад +17

    We had an old iron bridge that spanned the Mississippi River, called the Marshall Ave./Lake Street bridge. It connected St. Paul with Minneapolis. The "experts" had deemed it too unsafe for more than one truck or bus to pass each other, so they could only cross one at a time, with signs saying, "Buses and Trucks Must Not Meet on Bridge". Well, the big day came when they were gonna blow it up. We all gathered to watch. ka-BOOM! Big explosion. Then nothing. The bridge was still standing there. I guess it wasn't as "unsafe" as they originally thought! 😂

  • @daniellclary
    @daniellclary Год назад +5

    Sometimes its surprising how strong a building is, and that just makes it sadder to see it go.

  • @mcw0530
    @mcw0530 2 года назад

    That Marlborough complex couldn’t wait to smoke!

  • @Matt-pt6rl
    @Matt-pt6rl Год назад +1

    I can think of three that went perfectly on the same day!

  • @alanrobertfisher
    @alanrobertfisher 2 года назад +27

    You forgot the old Canberra (Australia) hospital in the 1980's.
    When they blew it up a piece of debris that flew a long way killed a young boy that was watching.

    • @samryan7884
      @samryan7884 2 года назад +7

      It was in 1997 and it was a young girl that was killed.

  • @toyotarizzle
    @toyotarizzle 3 года назад +10

    The demo company for the silverdome said the deadline was too soon and they had to rush to try to make it and missed something

    • @asterix7842
      @asterix7842 2 года назад +1

      They should have said “no thanks”. If they took the job knowing they’d have to cut corners to meet the deadline, then they’re at fault.

    • @toyotarizzle
      @toyotarizzle 2 года назад

      @@asterix7842 it's been abandoned forever also and they had to rush to get it ready for the day it was set. Move the viewing part back I'm sure the people can wait a few more days.

  • @naturalroyalflush
    @naturalroyalflush 7 месяцев назад

    Love it when a building resists destruction.

  • @randomadvice2487
    @randomadvice2487 2 года назад +1

    08:05 Bridge is in chattanooga. I know a lot is clip art/stock videos.. still funny to recognize the bridge where you live as they speak about Canada :)