The Sands Casino in Atlantic City, NJ was imploded this evening in a controlled demolition, at 9:30 p.m. (EST). Would have been awesome to see this in person, but unfortunately it’s a bit too far for me to travel, especially on a weekday.

Nonetheless, I found some news footage of the demolition:

• Sands Casino Hotel Imploded - video on MyFox New York

In the video, you hear the charges go off for ~18 seconds, with very very loud, very very distinct sounds in quick repetition (like in my implosion video). The way that Sands was brought down, the sound of the charges and all, is just like the implosion I had the good fortune to go see. (Tencza Apartments) This is yet more proof that the collapse of the World Trade Center towers and 7 World Trade Center were nothing at all like a controlled demolition. The unmistakable sound of charges going off is completely absent in all the numerous videos of the World Trade Center collapse, as well as videos of WTC7.

For the Sands implosion, it’s also important to note the preparations involved. R.E. Pierson Construction Co. and Controlled Demolition Inc. worked on this project, drilling over 200 holes into concrete pillars and the floors for the 400 pounds of dynamite. In all, the preparations took 2-3 months.

Sands to have explosive ending - The Press of Atlantic City

I have posted a video showing the CBS footage of the collapse of 7 World Trade Center, with some annotation added. The video shows more than the seven seconds that many show. This is something simple, but couldn’t find anything out there like this. It shows the east penthouse collapsing then collapse of the entire structure, taking at least 13 seconds - contrary to other video clips that only show 7 seconds.

Take a look at this video created by JREF forum member, boloboffin. Notice the east mechanical penthouse which begins to collapse ~10 seconds before the North Facade begins to collapse. In all, the collapse takes ~16 seconds — much longer than free fall speed as often argued by “truthers”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G86yuunRBIw