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On July 17, 1981, two overhead walkways in the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri collapsed, killing 114 people and injuring 216. Loaded with partygoers, the concrete and glass platforms crashed onto a tea dance in the lobby. The collapse resulted in billions of dollars of insurance claims, legal investigations, and city government ...
The hotel went through a $5 million reconstruction following the collapse, replacing the skywalks with one large second floor balcony supported by massive pillars, with local authorities saying in 1983 that the building was now "possibly the safest in the country." [6] The hotel was renamed the Hyatt Regency Crown Center in 1987.
Joseph F. Waeckerle is an American physician specializing in emergency and sports medicine. He directed the search and rescue efforts at the Hyatt Regency walkway collapse in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 17, 1981.
July 17, 1981: The second- and fourth-story walkways inside the Hyatt Regency hotel in Kansas City, Mo., collapsed onto the lobby, killing 114 and injuring 200. Around 1,600 people were in the ...
On July 17, 1981, two suspended skywalks suddenly gave way during a lavish tea dance in the lobby of the new Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel at Crown Center. One hundred fourteen lives were lost ...
Hyatt Regency walkway collapse; M. Matla Power Station This page was last edited on 20 November 2024, at 20:11 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Hyatt Regency walkway collapse: Kansas City, Missouri: United States 17 July 1981: Double-deck suspended footbridge in hotel interior Erroneous redesign of supporting member during construction when original design considered too hard to construct 114 killed, 200 injured Walkway destroyed View of the lobby floor, showing remains of the ...
2008-04-04 14:56 MickMacNee 463×342× (97890 bytes) Description: View of the collapsed walkways, during the first day of the investigation of the [[Hyatt Regency walkway collapse]].