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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.
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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 ...
Berkley was the city’s first Jewish mayor and its last Republican mayor. His tenure was marked by the 1981 collapse of the Hyatt Regency walkway.
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A 12-story building in Surfside, just north of Miami Beach, partially collapsed, leaving at least one dead and 10 injured, officials said. Scores more were unaccounted for.
Hyatt Regency walkway collapse: July 17, 1981: Skywalk collapse: January 10, 2006 () 1,500 people gather for a dance in the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City.