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Hyatt Skywalk Tragedy - News article from Kansas City Star? - July 2001
Who is responsible for the death of 114 persons including 18 couples?
Hyatt was a popular Kansas City nightspot, especially on Fridays, when an orchestra played for 1940s-era tea dance contests. At 7:05 p.m. on July 17, 1981, two 120-foot-long walkways tore loose from their suspension rods, dumping 65 tons of concrete, metal, glass, and dance spectators onto hundreds of people below. Dozens of victims pinned, dying beneath the debris. Bodies cut in half. Broken necks, broken backs, severed limbs and shattered lives. That tragic night, 111 persons died, including 18 pairs of husbands and wives. Of the 200 injured, three died weeks or months later, pushing the death toll to 114. Click for Learning from disasters ....