“Holy #&%$!… Do It Again!”
by Staff | January 21, 2007 8:33 AM | Permalink | Comments (3)
Click on the play arrow to watch reader Matthew Robb’s video of the demolition Saturday of the New Haven Coliseum. Following is more footage that readers sent in.
Click here to see an array of photos from Christopher Guthrie’s Elm City Web Design.
This one came from Niels van Eck:
Here’s Rebecca’s offering.
A crowd of spectators gets enveloped by a wall of dust and debris from the Coliseum implosion, crying out “My eyes are burning!” while nearby police officers run away. By YouTube user venus62890:
Here’s Pedro Soto’s video:
Here’s Rob Narracci’s:
Jim Farnam sent in this one:
The morning sun lends a nuclear feel to this one from Rick Gropper:
Jack Paulishen’s video:
Richard Harrington sent in this from the Chapel Street bridge near State Street:
Click here for a WSHU radio news piece on the Coliseum with interviews of Alan Plattus and Anstress Farwell.
For contrast, see here what it looked like when Oregon blew up a whale:
And this elaborate, scored video comes from Cary Chatham.
Comments
Posted by: Chris | January 21, 2007 10:50 AM
Great YouTube videos! I like seeing all of the different angles.
Posted by: George St. girl | January 27, 2007 10:04 PM
Nice idea to put all the videos in one spot. Did anyone notice in several of the videos that the birds were flying away before the actual implosion? Reminded me of the tsunami when all the animals ran away first.
Posted by: Lorri | January 29, 2007 12:46 PM
Totally Cool! Hated to miss it, but thank goodness for the internet!
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