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Moment When Hurricane Damaged Louisiana's Hertz Tower Imploded, Watch. Spectators watched as an abandoned, 22-story building in Lake Charles, Louisiana was imploded Saturday after sitting vacant for nearly four years. The Hertz Tower — once an icon in the city that became a symbol of destruction from hurricanes Laura and Delta — crashed down in a matter of seconds after a demolition crew set off a series of explosions inside. The tower fell in a large cloud of dust into a pile about five stories