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  2. Hyatt Regency walkway collapse - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. List of building and structure collapses - Wikipedia

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    Kutai Kartanegara Bridge Collapse: Kutai Kartanegara Regency, Indonesia: Bridge: 20 dead, 39 injured 2011 O'key hypermarket collapse Saint Petersburg, Russia Shopping mall 1 dead, 17 injured 2012: Vieira Fazenda office block collapse: Praça Floriano, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Office buildings: 17 dead 2012: Radiohead stage collapse: Toronto ...

  4. Structural integrity and failure - Wikipedia

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    Design change on the Hyatt Regency walkways. On 17 July 1981, two suspended walkways through the lobby of the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri, collapsed, killing 114 and injuring more than 200 people [41] at a tea dance. The collapse was due to a late change in design, altering the method in which the rods supporting the walkways were ...

  5. ‘God picked the right person.’ Sally Firestone thrived after ...

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    The angels have taken another one from us, this time my friend Sally Firestone.. More than 40 years ago, she inspired this city in the wake of the Hyatt skywalks collapse.But it is all that she ...

  6. Dick Berkley, Kansas City’s longest-serving mayor who led ...

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    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.

  7. Family of man who died outside Hyatt hotel: 'It's like ... - AOL

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    Mitchell, 43, died around 4 p.m. Sunday after being held down by four security guards outside the Hyatt Regency hotel on Kilbourn Avenue, following what Milwaukee police described as a disturbance ...

  8. List of bridge failures - Wikipedia

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    Although poor maintenance, fatigue in the construction material of cable hanger, and the quality of material may have been the cause of the collapse, the exact cause remains unknown and undetermined. 20 killed, 40 injured (33 missing) Deck completely destroyed, 2 bridge pillars were standing at the time of the collapse.

  9. Category:Building and structure collapses in 1981 - Wikipedia

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    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 ...