The College Station Plaza Hotel is no more. Thousands of people gathered in the streets to observe the implosion in Bryan, Texas Thursday morning. (CN

The College Station Plaza Hotel is no more. Thousands of people gathered in the streets to observe the implosion in Bryan, Texas Thursday morning. (CNN/KBTX)

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Cool video: Hotel implosion in Texas

Updated: Thursday, 24 May 2012, 1:30 PM EDT
Published : Thursday, 24 May 2012, 1:30 PM EDT

BRYAN, Texas (CNN/KBTX) - The College Station Plaza Hotel is no more.

Thousands of people gathered in the streets to observe the implosion in Bryan, Texas Thursday morning.

The 17-story building was reduced to a 40-foot high pile of rubble.

A series of loud explosions, and seven seconds later the Plaza was gone.

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