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A WOMAN WHOSE father died in an accident at the Norfolk factory where he worked was given an unusual opportunity this morning: to blow up the building.
Sarah Griffiths, 41, was granted the right to push the trigger for the series of explosions that destroyed the former Campbell’s Soup Tower in Norfolk, England, earlier today. Griffiths lost her father, Mick Locke, following an accident at the plant in 1995, the BBC reports.
Locke has suffered severe burns from a blast of steam while working in the building, reports the Guardian.
Griffiths, who won the chance to press the button through a competition in a local newspaper, told reporters that the tower has served as “a constant reminder” that she had been robbed of her father.
“I’m a bit choked up about it because it’s a big thing for me to do and I feel very pleased to be given the chance of closure,” she said.
A new multi-purpose complex is to be built on the site where the factory once stood.
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Good on her I can only imagine the sheer satisfaction she got blown the kip to kingdom come
Hope it gives her closure on that terrible event.
Reminds me of how Stephen King bought the car that ran him over and so he could smash it up with a baseball bat.
As the building was going to be demolished anyway it seems to me that she’s using this as an oppurtunity to indulge in public victimhood. Nothing to do with her poor dad’s death as Campbell’s are building a bigger and more modern plant. Will that not be a constant daily reminder of him also?
Clive, I’m sad for you.
Just think that there’s a more certain dignity, personal benefit and value in grieving less publicly. My comment may be cynical but she seems to be making the most out of the occasion judging by the number of newspapers and tv shows she’s been on.
Id love to blow up all those ghost estates that killed our economy.
I’d love to blow up all the developers who kept building those ghost estates.
Therapy? Can I blow up the Anglo Irish bank building please ?
I used to see the place every day when I worked near by. Youtube and the bbc have video of it going down – not the most spectacular demolition by a long way!
Pity she wouldn’t do one thing similar with her hair.
Err, can’t see how she is happy about this.
I’m sure it wasn’t the buildings fault he died rather than bad personnel management and safety procedures.
Then again, I’ve always felt that the wall in my kitchen has been out to get me!!
(Dislike me baby, cos I dislike you :D )
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