Video by Staff Sgt. Brendan Stephens
Youth prison is demolished to make way for a Readiness Center
North Carolina National Guard
July 11, 2020 | 2:54
North Carolina Army National Guard Col. Rodney Newton, North Carolina National Guard (NCNG) Construction Facilities Management Officer makes way for a future NCNG facility at Western Youth Institution facility in Morganton, North Carolina, July 11, 2020. Newton was invited to trigger the detonator that started the controlled implosion by Pettigrew Incorporated that brought down the 16-story facility to be cleared for the construction of a new NCNG Regional Readiness Center by Hickory Construction and sub contractor D.H. Griffin Companies
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