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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.
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 ...
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]
Nov. 25—In Portland's historical Abyssinian Meeting House, 198 names were read aloud Saturday remembering those who perished 125 years ago in New England's worst maritime disaster. On the ...
Hyatt Regency walkway collapse: Two skywalks filled with people at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri collapse into a crowded atrium lobby, killing 114. Israeli aircraft bomb Beirut , destroying multi-story apartment blocks containing the offices of PLO associated groups, killing approximately 300 civilians and resulting in ...
The 9/11 attack 20 years ago touched lives in every corner of the country, according to a new report chronicling victim compensation claims from every state in the nation. Though the damage was ...
Hyatt Regency walkway collapse: Accident – collapse Kansas City, Missouri: 113 1975 Eastern Air Lines Flight 66: Accident – aircraft New York City, New York: 112 1902 Rolling Mill Mine: Accident – coal mine Johnstown, Pennsylvania: 112+ 1905 1905 Snyder tornado: Tornado Snyder, Oklahoma: 112 1915 Layland, West Virginia § Mine disaster