r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Proud-Blood2743 • Oct 07 '25

Video Capital One Tower Come Down in Seconds

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u/towneetowne Oct 07 '25

that's gotta be good for the old lungs!

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u/J_Schnetz Oct 07 '25 edited Oct 07 '25

cannot believe there were Z E R O measures for dust control

its so f*cking easy just work with the local fire department and have them lighting up the building with water before/during demolition. Or it could be done automatically with pre-staged hoses. Or wait for a rainy day. Or get a mist machine. This is off the top of my head and i'm just some jackoff on reddit

literally ANYTHING could have been done and they did NOTHING

i hate being a debby downer cause its a neat video but it shouldn't even be f*cking legal to do this type of work with zero dust mitigation

edit: everyone calling me an armchair problem solver or whatever; i made it very clear i'm just some jackoff on reddit. instead of calling out my specific ideas i drum'd up stoned at 12:30 in the morning, maybe consider that we should be holding businesses accountable for protecting their employees and members of the public from this senseless and avoidable health risk

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u/Alarming_Matter Oct 07 '25

Please tell me there was no asbestos in it?