Photo gallery: Inside the bulldozer’s devastation
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The June 4, 2004, bulldozer attack was a watershed moment for the town of Granby that changed the community forever.
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Granby community members stand atop a hill above the Gambles hardware store, where the bulldozer got stuck in the building's foundation, ending the rampage June 4, 2004.
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An Xcel Energy truck that was crushed by the bulldozer is pictured in the aftermath of the attack.
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The destroyed Sky-Hi News office and pressroom is pictured following the bulldozer attack that took place June 4, 2004, in downtown Granby. The office sustained $500,000 in damage, according to Publisher and Editor Patrick Brower, and cost $770,000 to rebuild.
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Damage is pictured at Sky-Hi News in the aftermath of the attack.
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An inside view of the destroyed Sky-Hi News building after the bulldozer attack.
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An armed bulldozer drives down Granby's main street towards Sky-Hi News on June 4, 2004. The destruction that day caused a forced revitalization of the town, but it came with an emotional cost.
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When Marvin Heemeyer made the decision June 4, 2004 to plow through Granby, toppling buildings, destroying vehicles then killing himself, he did so with much devastation for the town of Granby and the region.
(Photos from Sky-Hi News and the Grand County Sheriff’s Office.)

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