92-year old selected to press button to drop hotel he helped build.
We are less than two weeks away from the implosion of the Plaza Hotel and we now know just who will push the button to bring down the hotel at 4.30 am on Thursday 24 May.
As crews strip the high rise known as the Plaza Hotel down for its demise, the College Station sky is already starting to open up.
“It reminds me of when we were going up with it,” said 92-year-old Joe Ferreri.
Ferreri built the hotel back in 1980 and he’ll be pushing one of the three buttons to bring down the building.
“I think it’s an honor. I appreciate the owners giving me permission to do so. To have that kind of a heart to let me do it,” said Ferreri.
Joe will be joined by Texas A&M chancellor John Sharp and College Station Mayor Nancy Berry.
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