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During
the weeks leading up to the blast, Lockheed Martin used
the event as an opportunity to raise funds for local
charities by selling T-shirts and raffle tickets for
the chance to "Push the Button."
When D-Day finally arrived, Patrick Olski and his sister
Diane were the lucky winners and had the honor of pressing
the ceremonial switch at the precise moment of detonation.
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As
the above photos illustrate, the project went exactly
as planned. Lockheed Martin, the U.S. Air Force
and all others involved were pleased to see the
two massive structures reduced to a well confined
seven-million pound pile of twisted steel.
All vibration levels recorded during the blast were
well within Protec's predicted range, allowing launch-preparations
on adjacent pads to proceed with no disruption.
Once the towers were on the ground, Olshan began
the recycling effort. It took about eight weeks,
using four large excavator-mounted shears, to cut
the structures into manageable sections for off-site
transport to a nearby recycling facility at the
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