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On this episode of Disaster Queen, I welcome my long-time friend Mary Carver and tell her the story of a terrible tragedy in her hometown of Kansas City, Missouri. She doesn't love disasters but she does love me, so it works out! Join us as she recoils in horror about the disaster she's managed to not learn about despite living there her whole life! LOL!
On July 17, 1981, tragedy struck a crowded tea dance at the beautiful Kansas City Hyatt Hotel at the swanky Crown Center, built by greeting card giant, Hallmark. As the big band played, frivolity turned into a nightmare as two 64,000 pound glass-and-concrete skywalks tumbled down atop 1,600 partygoers and turned the elegant hotel lobby into a tragic scene of carnage and agony.
Mary's links!
Here are the resources I used to research this episode:
Book: Buried Truths and the Hyatt Skywalks by Richard A. Serrano
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/17/us/kansas-city-skywalk-collapse-40-years/index.html
https://apnews.com/article/5a8e4babccfaee8605bcc39019514aa4
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/17/us/kansas-city-skywalk-collapse-40-years/index.html
https://www.facebook.com/SkywalkMemorialFoundationInc/
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