A 23-story hotel in exclusive Miami locale vanishes in seconds with implosion
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A Miami Fire-Rescue boat surveys debris following the controlled implosion of the former Mandarin Oriental Hotel on Brickell Key, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)A man, with his shirt pulled up to cover his nose against dust, looks toward the debris following the controlled implosion of the former Mandarin Oriental Hotel on Brickell Key, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)People watch pyrotechnics just before the controlled implosion of the former Mandarin Oriental Hotel on Brickell Key, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)People gather along the Biscayne Bay waterfront to watch the controlled implosion of the former Mandarin Oriental Hotel on Brickell Key, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)A City of Miami Fire-Rescue boat patrols in front of the former Mandarin Oriental Hotel on Brickell Key ahead of its controlled implosion, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
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A Miami Fire-Rescue boat surveys debris following the controlled implosion of the former Mandarin Oriental Hotel on Brickell Key, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
