Watch The The Tallest Building On Governors Island Implode

Ben Yakas

Published Jun 9, 2013

Modified Jun 9, 2013

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Did you wake up at 7:36 a.m. this morning to watch the tallest building on Governors Island implode? Well, you're in luck, because even if you weren't on the SS Boat Brunch, you can relive every moment of the destruction of 11-story-high Building 877 in the videos below.

Skip to 22:35 for the main act in the video above; and for a different perspective, check out a video by Peter Andrews taken from his apartment below:

The FDNY got in on the action with some Vine:

There are hardhat tours of the site on certain weekends over the summer (including today!)—check out more info here.