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The hotel reopened three months after the tragedy. [8] In 1983, local authorities reported that the $5 million hotel reconstruction made the building "possibly the safest in the country." [16] The hotel was renamed the Hyatt Regency Crown Center in 1987, and the Sheraton Kansas City at Crown Center in 2011. It has been renovated numerous times ...
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.
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 ...
On July 17, 1981, 114 [4] people were killed in the Hyatt Regency when the fourth-floor walkway in the atrium collapsed on the second-floor walkway during a tea dance attended by more than 1,600 revelers. An investigation revealed that tie rods supporting the walkway did not meet Kansas City building codes. [5]
Pages in category "Building and structure collapses in 1981" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. ... Hyatt Regency walkway collapse; M.
On July 17, 1981, two overhead walkways loaded with partygoers at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, collapsed. The concrete and glass platforms fell onto a tea dance in the lobby, killing 114 and injuring 216. Investigations concluded the walkway would have failed under one-third the weight it held that night because of a ...
The collapse of a hotel walkway killed 114 people at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. At 7:05 pm, a fourth floor walk at the hotel broke from its moorings and dropped onto a second floor walk directly below, and then both structures fell into the hotel lobby. All three areas were crowded with people who had gathered for a dance.
Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y., on Aug. 14, 1981. It was Ozzy Osbourne's debut concert tour as a solo artist after having been fired by the English group ...