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On This Day: July 17, 1981 – Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse in Kansas City
On this day July 17, 1981, a catastrophic structural failure occurred at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, when two suspended walkways collapsed during a crowded tea dance in the hotel’s atrium. The disaster killed 114 people and injured more than 200 others, making it one of the...- Pete
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