High rise dorm implosion at Minnesota university

This video shows the implosion of a 12 story residence hall on Saturday, June 29, at Minnesota State University Mankato, US. Gage Towers, the university’s oldest residence hall, was deemed too costly to renovate, according to local news reports. About four thousand onlookers turned out to watch the implosion that starts a series of internal explosives popping, seconds before the building falls. Credit: YouTube/MargeyKat17.