Hudson's

Finally the tower settled into a sea of dust that billowed forth like the pyroclastic flow of a volcano.

A cheer arose from the photographers, news people and spectators gathered on the street below, but the old building would have the last laugh as dense choking clouds of dust soon engulfed them.

Eventually the dust clouds grew so large that it approached our sixteenth floor perch and then completely darkened the day for several minutes.

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