Smoke stacks at Sal's scheduled for demolition tomorrow.
The scheduled implosion of two smoke stacks at Sal’s headquarters in Lawrence tomorrow morning is already shaping up to be a major media event. Let’s face it, destruction — specifically planned destruction where no one gets hurt — draws the crowds.
We’ll be there first thing tomorrow morning. The demolition, which they say will knock the two towers over onto the building they’re placed on, is scheduled to occur at 10 a.m. We’re going to try to setup a live video feed from the site, but no promises there. Trying to wrangle live video from a parking lot with a laptop and shaky Internet connection is problematic at best. We will be filming, however. We’ll post some raw video of the actual toppling tomorrow morning shortly after the event and then give you a more comprehensive video of the event later in the day.
Looks like we’ll have a pretty good seat to view the destruction. I was over earlier today scouting out the designated media section and we should be able to get viewers close up. Personally, I’m hoping for a few flying bricks my way and I promise to keep filming.
Noah R. Bombard is the new media editor for The Eagle-Tribune in North Andover. He is a former award-winning newspaper and magazine editor who has been covering news in Massachusetts since 1997.