Three people were killed, although only one body has been recovered, and 30 injured.Īt a news conference, city officials said they were satisfied with the demolition. Portions of the Hard Rock Hotel, which has been under construction at the edge of the city’s historic French Quarter, collapsed October 12. Sections of the second crane could still be seen hanging over the top of the damaged building once the smoke cleared.įOUR ANGLES: Watch the cranes explode in four different angles > #HardRockCollapse /IaYjNM6cQc- wdsu October 20, 2019
One of the cranes was seen falling to the ground amid plumes of smoke and debris generated by the explosion. Warning horns were heard blaring moments before the construction cranes, which had towered over the damaged construction site, snapped into pieces and toppled. Video showed the cranes tumbling down on Sunday after strategically placed explosives detonated not long after 2:30 p.m. Now that two cranes at the partially collapsed Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans are toppled, crews can begin searching for two bodies that remain in the debris, city officials said Sunday.
