This video of an excavator smashing up boats in the Oakland Estuary is wild

10 abandoned, derelict or illegally parked boats were scheduled for removal from the Oakland Estuary Wednesday, and KTVU captured video as an excavator pulled the vessels to shore and smashed them to pieces.

Oakland and Alameda police used grant money to fund the removal. They insist that owners were given months of warning that the boats would be removed if the situation was not remedied.

Still, reporter Tom Vacar and a photojournalist captured an enraged boat resident returning to the destruction of his boat saying, "my entire life's in there."

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One of the boats seen being demolished had bicycles and other personal items aboard, suggesting that it was actively being used.

Oakland and Alameda police teamed up to remove ships from the Oakland estuary on Wednesday. A backhoe was used to demolish the boats and prepare them for the landfill. Oakland and Alameda police teamed up to remove ships from the Oakland estuary on Wednesday. A backhoe was used to demolish the boats and prepare them for the landfill. Photo: KTVU Photo: KTVU Image 1 of / 4 Caption Close This video of an excavator smashing up boats in the Oakland Estuary is wild 1 / 4 Back to Gallery

The captured boats were broken up, loaded in a dumpster and hauled away to the landfill.

Police officials said that such seizures are necessary to maintain the safety of the safety of the estuary. Get the full story in the video at the top of this story.