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On This Day: July 17, 1981 – Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse in Kansas City

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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 deadliest structural collapses in United States history.

The walkways were filled with spectators watching the event below when the fourth floor bridge collapsed onto the second floor walkway, which...
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