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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.
The Kansas City Star described the national climate of the late 1970s as "high unemployment, inflation and double-digit interest rates [that added] pressure on builders to win contracts and complete projects swiftly". [3] Described by the newspaper as fast-tracked, construction began in May 1978 on the 40-story Hyatt Regency Kansas City.
He was the city's first Jewish mayor [2] and served longer than any other mayor in Kansas City history. During his term as mayor, he led the calls for a federal investigation into the Hyatt Regency walkway collapse in 1981. [ 1 ]
After leaving the governorship in January, 1981, Teasdale returned to the Kansas City area and established a law practice. One of his most notable cases was representing victims and surviving family of the Hyatt Regency walkway collapse. [5] An avid outdoorsman all his life, he often spent time on hunting and fishing trips. [3]
The Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center is a 504.0 ft (153.62 m), 45-story hotel located in the Crown Center complex in Kansas City, Missouri. It was Missouri's tallest building from 1980 to 1986. It is now the state's sixth-tallest building and Kansas City's third-tallest building.
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. Dick Berkley, Kansas City’s longest-serving ...
Walt Bodine was an eyewitness to and voice of information through many notable events in Kansas City history. Among them the 1951 Kansas City flood, the 1957 Ruskin Heights tornado, the race riot of 1968, and the 1981 Hyatt Regency skywalk collapse. [10] Many Kansas Citians remember how on the night of the Hyatt Skywalk disaster Bodine stayed ...
Kansas City, United States: The Hyatt Regency Kansas City was the site of one of the worst hotel disasters in U.S. history. On July 17, 1981, two of the three skybridges that traversed the hotel's lobby collapsed during a tea dance. The walkways were packed with people when a structural failure occurred, causing one bridge, which was hung from ...