Old General Goes BOOM!!!

[@CSGraves]

This actually was also featured on the Discovery channel, Jay Ingram interviewed the lady that worked for the demolition company on the technique involved in such implosions.

[@Talzuz]

Wow, I remember this. I was only a little kid at the time, but I remember this quite well. It was amazing to watch.

[@bob_Loblaw_]

What a shame! If only someone stepped in to redevelop that building! It had so many possibilities.

[@michaelanderson4454]

so cool that they saved the top and that's like the craziest part of saint john..:)

[@darkcherube]

This hospital had some badass grafitti on it before they blew it down.

[@WraithBait]

Thanks for posting this,I remeber watching this from my house as a kid.Too bad it was a beautiful building.I used to have pictures of the awesome spiderman painted on it.

[@sabrinalackie9330]

my dad was born in that hospital. breaks my heart to see it destroyed

[@packrat79]

Tragic loss of a landmark, if not for screwed-up city politics it never would have closed in the first place. Used to drive by this and stare at it in awe when visiting SJ. Also two of my cousins and some other relatives were born there.

[@ChrisFudgeCanada]

This should have become a university

[@knoxyououtdotcom]

This was a long time ago now, but thank you for posting this. I

[@GaudetChannel]

14 years later, this is nothing significant on the location where the old hospital once stood, except some `box` building. Still a good piece of real estate.

[@getsugadark]

Wow this is sweet I didn't see the old hospital go down. Thx for sharing. :)

[@GreatRandew]

I remember watching this when I was 7 years old. It was certainly something to see.

[@mothmish]

Man, I almost forgot about this. I was only like, 5, but it was pretty damn cool to see.

[@westsidemonster]

I was born in that old girl,great coverage glad you posted it.

[@ProfessorChasG]

I got borned there, man. Good times.

[@ajbasque]

seeing that really brings back some old memories

[@Izzy41630]

I think it's so cool that the dome from that hospital is still a little landmark in our city. :) ....couldn't they have picked a better location for it, though? I mean, it's right by one of the shittiest intersections in the city. Maybe they were going for a 'Beauty and the beast' thing with it. XD

[@ech064]

I was there! I remember me and my dad stopped and got out on the highway!

[@UberFiseh]

Not an Explosion. Its an Imposion

[@alexkron]

At 4:27, I remember the reports of those minor injuries distinctly!

[@Justin67987]

i was borne in 1998 so i missed it but at least i get to see it on youtube

[@FieryLittleRaven]

They shoula let that contractor make it into apartments. But the city let it sit there for years and it was a hazardous place where our young people and even kids could have been hurt. Whoever allowed this gross neglect should have been charged and convicted like others who have jurisdiction over property and commit infractions

[@theoriginalstarwarsdan]

wow! that's a huge one!

[@atlanticcanuck5403]

The new building looks like a shoe box, I'll grant you that..but there is a lot of good things happening there. Post Secondary education for example issues millions in grants every year to assist people going back to school.

[@andyst.pierre1562]

i was the first one over the fence that got a brick, lol... they tried to chase me but i got away, when you see me say hey, i took off running lol. that was my stomping ground, many crazy nights in that scary place, should of been a horror film lmfao. we had a camp in the morg...alot of acid , hot knifes,and straight hard liquar,,,, the memories!!!

[@lawrencesmith6353]

i use to go here for surgrey and i was there when they blew it up

[@JPOC226]

@ 7:50 the guy would never think that the welfare bulging would be there!

[@dreamsofautumn1974]

I was born there.

[@01hondascott]

ive gotta certificate in my baby album that states i was one of the last couple babies born b4 they shut the doors

[@tbone66613]

I was four years old and i was standing with the group of people at 07 seconds

[@atlanticcanuck5403]

You should stick it up on e-bay and see what happens. Just give it a better background story. "This brick went through 3 car windows and landed in an upright position...or better yet, chizzle the Virgin Mary or jesus on it and claim you found it that way."

[@monteymonkey]

My mom was there

[@atlanticcanuck5403]

I know you been everywhere Hank (sorry...cound't resist the pun) but if only things were that simple. The only way to fix all the problems (healthcare, education, manicipality infastructure) is to tax us at 100%. And I for one think we are taxed too much as it is. Now if only they would do the same thing to St. Joseph's.....just kidding...just kidding.

[@Burgley1]

i saw it but i was just a baby

[@Matty6983]

I wonder if the brick I took from the rubble is worth anything, lol

[@01hondascott]

wooooo party down the bunkers

[@fleura444]

looks a lot like the demolition of the twin towers!!!!

[@Flames0412]

i love controlled demolition

[@SummerxMarch]

@UberFiseh Not an Imposion. An Implosion

[@portcitypersona]

I was born there, and actually INSIDE the hospital when it was imploded. I only survived because I held on tight inside of the dome...true story!

[@luckysod04]

and everyone died from asbetos poisoning

[@Izzy41630]

The 'death of healthcare', and yet people are flown in from all over the Maritimes to seek medical treatment at our hospital. The building was unsafe anyway. It was going to come down sooner or later on its own, as it was. Why do you think it was condemned?

[@atlanticcanuck5403]

taht eurt.......tcerroc era uoy