World Record - The Tallest Manmade Structure Ever Felled

Several Views - Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI) of Phoenix, Maryland, USA (acting as Main Demolition Contractor to the Green Beret Foundation of San Antonio,Texas) sets a NEW WORLD RECORD for "the tallest manmade structure ever felled through the use of explosives" in their successful explosives felling of the 2,000 foot tall, structural steel WECT (Raycom) Television Tower at 12:47 PM on Thursday, September 20, 2012. It took 21 pounds of explosives to take down the tower in Bladen County. In 2011, Raycom Media donated 77 acres of land and a 2,000 ft. TV tower to the Green Beret Foundation. Since there is no more use for it, the tower was demolished and the scrap metal will be sold. The tower is the tallest structure east of the Mississippi River and the seventh tallest structure ever constructed by man. The switch to digital has since made the tower obsolete. Since there is no more use for it, the tower was demolished and the scrap metal will be sold. All proceeds from the metal sales will benefit the Green Beret Foundation. The charity, which helps the families of wounded and killed Special Forces soldiers, will sell the land and more than 1,000 tons of steel to raise money, according to Robert Schaezler, a lawyer who works with the foundation. A total dollar figure is not known, but the funds will go toward a number of programs, including scholarships and in vitro fertilization for Green Berets whose combat injuries inhibit their ability to have children.