Officials in New Orleans say their controlled demolition went "exactly" as planned and efforts would now focus on retrieving two bodies still inside the ruined building. The fiery afternoon explosions sent up massive clouds of dust and sent one crane crashing to the street while the second fell in a way that left much of it resting atop the ruined hotel building where officials said it was "stable" and could be removed piecemeal.
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