Thanks to my Stuntman friend; John, and fellow traveler on the journey of filmmaking – I was able to take up a fantastic vantage point.
From atop John’s roof I was able to record the amazing demolition of the Athlone Cooling Towers. Unfortunate for some, they pushed the button early – I was not taking changes 
Also it did not seem that the explosion went to plan.
It was supposed to take 10 seconds for the first tower to go down, then a 10 second break before the next set of set of explosions – seemed like everything went off at the same time.
Check the video out – it is awesome :
Athlone Cooling Towers Demolition from Phillip Gibb on Vimeo.
brilliant! so glad you were prepared in advance ! I nearly missed it. Definitely sell it!
I wish I could sell the original footage, I’ld put it towards a Mac Pro
Wow! Amazing!!! We weren’t quick enough, only managed to film the last second or so. Well done!
thanks. I heard that there were people who had won a heli flip and they missed it
Amazing video! Best one so far!
thanks
Now the difference btw you and me is that I would probably have only turned the camera on with 2 minutes to go so as not to waste the battery! So glad you are not me, otherwise a whole lot of people would have missed out on this excellent footage! Really proud, well done.
Awesome dude. Wow! Best shot I have seen so far.
shot buddy
Dumbazz mayor could not even get this right. What a dufus, presses the button early. Lot of people missed it to photograph that is but there are many videos though.
yeah, a friend of mine had a number of stills film cameras rigged up and ready to go. Missed it.
apparently it was weather related
yeah, I can imagine, the rain started falling about a minute before. I was getting nervous about a slippery roof. The Downpour did come – but only 15-20 later
It was not the mayor people, he got the go ahead from the mc who was on the phone with the engineer, They were advised to do it asap as a cloud burst was expected at 12:00.
who was the MC by the way?