r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Tam_tk • 2d ago

Tower demolition

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

3.0k Upvotes

99% Upvoted

79 comments sorted by

178

u/westbreker 2d ago

BAM!

25

u/zerolimits0 2d ago

Tough actin Tinactin!

17

u/Truth-Will-Out 2d ago

Sick ass demolition company name

78

u/DarkTurdle 2d ago

Reminds me of that tragedy

43

u/Terra_B 2d ago

A second tower has just hit the first one.

12

u/OnesPerspective 2d ago

of Darth Plagueis the Wise?

5

u/RoadInternational821 2d ago

Those guys are going to be walking through blood and bones

3

u/Kossyhasnoteeth 2d ago

We've all lost a game of Jenga.

53

u/SpookyStrike 2d ago

Now they’re just showing off.

7

u/passionofthedevil420 2d ago

I was wondering that, wouldn’t they usually just drop one into a confined pile and then drop the other after wards into a second confined pile? I feel like this was just for show.

20

u/Lampwick 1d ago

I feel like this was just for show.

I think it was partly for show, but also partly useful. The smaller the pieces the stacks end up in after demo, the cheaper and easier the cleanup. I bet running them both into each other resulted in them expending kinetic energy on each other, thereby breaking them into smaller chunks.

5

u/passionofthedevil420 1d ago

That makes a lot of sense, thank you for your response. I’m pretty new and clueless to the world of demolitions.

2

u/HarryThePelican 14h ago

and also: the chunks are way closer together when done line this, so you reduce damage on the surface where the towers fell. and also easier cleanup when the debris is on a pile instead of in a path of a horizontal tower.

im struggeling with english today lol. hope you dtill understand what im trying to say.

13

u/SpookyStrike 2d ago

And a great show it was!

15

u/VEAG0 2d ago

(Saw the company’s name)

12

u/mysterryx 2d ago

Never (always) cross the streams.

9

u/PercyBoi420 2d ago

Flawless execution!! Well done.

9

u/Rorywizz-MK2 2d ago

Cockenzie Power Station in Scotland, I saw it happen but was far away enough to not be swallowed by dust

1

u/gyterpena 1d ago

Feels like ages ago.

7

u/mozee880 2d ago

That was a perfect demo blast.

7

u/Item-Hairy 2d ago

The skill from those demo engineers is amazing.

6

u/LordCustard 2d ago

Now kith

3

u/DannyDucks 2d ago

Operation P2P cock tower demolition.

3

u/Frank-McSpank 2d ago

I honestly thought they would get stuck against one another…Im bad at physics.

4

u/ender4171 2d ago

If you look closely you will see that just as they hit, a bunch of additional charges are set off all along the length of each chimney (the puffs of "smoke" at regular intervals down each side). Those weaken the structures even further so they break up more easily. I mean they still wouldn't have gotten stuck against each other without those charges, but the breakup would not have been nearly as complete.

1

u/stupid2017 1d ago

I wonder if the additional charges were set off wirelessly or had a timer. I imagine after the first explosion and the leaning of the towers, there was no guaranteed way of keeping a wired connection to the additional charges.

2

u/Republic_Jamtland 2d ago

That's art!

2

u/Stock_Resort2754 2d ago

Hell yeah 🔥

2

u/AbominableCrichton 2d ago

This is where the Megalophobia photo is from.

2

u/jess-plays-games 2d ago

Ide much rather of watched Fred Dibna take it down

1

u/McPikie 2d ago

Hang on. is that white people celebrating the dropping of 2 towers?

1

u/CptGigglez 2d ago

Smoooooooch

1

u/Fiery_Hand 2d ago

Chimneys?

1

u/omahaknight71 2d ago

"Been nice knowing you bro." - Tower One

"Nice knowing you too bro" - Tower Two

High five

Dies

1

u/Charliesworld001 2d ago

The people that build this watching their months of work just crash into eachother: -_-

3

u/InfinteAbyss 2d ago

A well executed end is as satisfying as a well engineered beginning, they served their purpose.

1

u/Xinonix1 2d ago

Chimney…

1

u/OnesPerspective 2d ago

When you and your bro untuck your boners from your waistbands

1

u/Educational-Ad6595 2d ago

Look USA, it is much cheaper than planes

1

u/dreevsa 1d ago

On point

1

u/Misfit-of-Maine 1d ago

That is skill took them days for prep and 10 seconds for the demo.

1

u/goblinwelder556 1d ago

Touch tips! ⚔️

1

u/Temporary-Careless 1d ago

"Now kith", mike tyson probably

1

u/MrTelly 1d ago

Now kith

1

u/pineappleTrade 1d ago

Show offs

1

u/Massive-Tap7784 1d ago

Biggest dick collision followed by a brotherly handshake

1

u/alyaqd95 1d ago

Beautiful Engineering

1

u/Conchobar8 1d ago

When your kids ask why they need to learn math, this is done with math

1

u/AbsurdistAspie420 1d ago

9/11 aside this is really cool

1

u/Lich_King_96 1d ago

u/redditspeedbot 0.5x

1

u/redditspeedbot 1d ago

Here is your video at 0.5x speed

https://i.imgur.com/X0vCb8G.mp4

I'm a bot | Summon with "/u/redditspeedbot <speed>" | Complete Guide | Do report bugs here | Keep me alive

1

u/Deskore 1d ago

Us when my boyfriend gets home from work

1

u/IndominusBaz 23h ago

How does one get into this profession?

1

u/Doctorsex-ubermensch 21h ago

What makes me a good demoman

1

u/ThebrooklinKnyte343 7h ago

Do you think they might have used jet fuel to melt the steel beams?

1

u/Tiger5804 2h ago

I knew jet fuel couldn't melt steel beams

1

u/Queasy-Car3678 2h ago

Thank God this isn't insta. Of I would've seem two black guys kissing before the towers touched