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AKwannabe

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5. I was in a Rotary club years ago

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Jul 24, 2023, 09:10 AM

Jul 2023

A couple I knew then were on the skywalk when it collapsed. Their story was horrible. Years of recovery for the man…he was seriously crushed and the woman lost a foot.

Very nice couple. They were older then so I am sure they have passed on by now

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On July 17, 1981, a walkway collapsed at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 OP

That address shows there is a Sheraton there now. Same building or did the old get torn down? CurtEastPoint Jul 2023 #1

Rebranding and renovations mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 #2

Thanks. I should have read the wiki! CurtEastPoint Jul 2023 #4

Henry Petroski covers this incident in some detail cloudbase Jul 2023 #3

I was in a Rotary club years ago AKwannabe Jul 2023 #5