An abandoned Independence, Missouri, water tower scheduled for demolition didn't go down without a fight ... and rusty and presented a risk of falling over on its own. Some community members ...

Mark Carrick, a member of the Jackson County Historical Society, surveys a 112-year-old water ... sawed the tower’s legs and used a truck with a cord to pull it down. Instead of falling in ...

A water tower in Independence came crashing down on Tuesday ... They originally tried to use cables to make it fall on a grassy area on the west side of the street, in between the Missouri ...