FLINT, MI -- For 45 years it, stood as Flint's tallest building.

Then, just like that, it was gone.

"Oh my God!," someone yelled out from the crowd.

Dogs barked, children cheered, mothers put their hands over their mouths.

The loud boom and crack of the dynamite, and the impact of the fall, left the crowd with their mouths gasping.

After the building collapsed, a cloud of brown dust rose up into the sky.

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