Around 7,000 local people watched as Owensboro’s Executive Inn finally came down.
As planned, the Owensboro Executive Inn Rivermont met its demise shortly after 9:00 am local time. That’s when crews assisted by the mayor pushed the buttons to trigger explosives planted in the building earlier in the week.
Within a matter of seconds the familiar part of the skyline was reduced from seven to just a couple floors of rubble, the elevator tower putting up a fight at the end.
While we’re waiting for a video in an embeddable format, you can check out the raw footage here.
