May 14, 2013

Construction workers have begun dismantling the Jet Star roller coaster in Seaside Heights, NJ. A symbol of Superstorm Sandy, the roller coaster has sat in the Atlantic Ocean for several months after the Casino Pier it sat on collapsed when Sandy hit.

: Workers on lunch break watch the removal of the Jet Star roller coaster May 14, 2013. The structure has been in the ocean for six months after the pier it was on collapsed during Superstorm Sandy in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. The Casino Pier has contracted Weeks Marine to remove the Jet Star roller coaster from the Atlantic Ocean. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

: A large crane demolishes the Jet Star roller coaster May 14, 2013 in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

: A large crane demolishes the Jet Star roller coaster May 14, 2013 in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

: A large crane demolishes the Jet Star roller coaster May 14, 2013 in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

: A large crane demolishes the Jet Star roller coaster May 14, 2013 that has been in the ocean for six months after the Casino Pier it sat on collapsed when Superstorm Sandy hit. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

: Tug boats stand by as a large crane demolishes the Jet Star roller coaster that has been in the ocean for six months May 14, 2013 in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

: Workers prepare to remove the Jet Star roller coaster May 14 that has been in the ocean for six months after the Casino Pier it sat on collapsed when Superstorm Sandy hit. The Casino Pier has contracted Weeks Marine to remove the Jet Star roller coaster from the Atlantic Ocean. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

: The Jet Star roller coaster remains in the ocean May 4, 2013 as work continues the new boardwalk that was damaged six months ago by Superstorm Sandy. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

: Bartender Mike Palazzo wears a sombrero at the Aztec bar located in front of the Jet Star roller coaster that still remains in the ocean after it was damaged six months ago by Superstorm Sandy. Photo taken May 4, 2013. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

: A woman looks at a roller coaster sitting in the ocean, when the boardwalk it was built upon collapsed during Hurricane Sandy, in Seaside Heights, New Jersey November 28, 2012. (Andrew Burton/Reuters)

: The extensive damage to an amusement park roller coaster in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy is seen in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, November 13, 2012. (Tom Mihalek/Reuters)

: Waves break in front of a destroyed roller coaster wrecked by Superstorm Sandy on October 31, 2012 in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

: Surf rolls past a destroyed roller coaster wrecked by Superstorm Sandy on October 31, 2012 in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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chasey
Jun 22, 2013 @ 11:05:37

are they rebuliding it???

Iconic Seaside Heights roller coaster torn down

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