Watch: New Orleans hotel implosion

Watch: New Orleans hotel implosion

July 23, 2012 8:51 AM

CBS News Raw: The former Pallas Hotel in New Orleans was imploded by the State of Louisiana to make way for the construction of a new University Medical Center. Authorities estimate it could take two to three months to clean up the site.

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