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Hyatt skywalk collapse at 25

July 17, 2006 | 4 Comments

Today is the 25th anniversary of the tragic skywalk collapse at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Crown Center. The Star provides a special look report of the events, and discusses the lingering controversy over whether or not create a memorial to the disaster.

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  1. DaveKCMO on July 17, 2006 12:39 pm

    tough call. on one hand you’ve got 114 dead kansas citians and a lesson to teach future generations. on the other hand, it’s private property, and what hotel would want that in their lobby?

  2. ChrisM70 on July 17, 2006 1:11 pm

    If there was going to be a memorial, doesn’t it strike anyone as strange that in the last 25 years it hasn’t already been done?

    It was a pretty major disaster and it seems that there should be at least some kind of remembrance of it – although most Kansas Citians probably have already forgotten it ever happened…

  3. Gabriel on April 10, 2007 3:18 pm

    “If there was going to be a memorial, doesn’t it strike anyone as strange that in the last 25 years it hasn’t already been done?”

    I think for the same reason some people who were left hanging for their lives, on the day of the disaster and years later, are ignored. The Judge, and the entire political system is corrupted.

  4. PCoffey on August 1, 2008 3:56 pm

    As someone who lost a Dad and little sister in this tragedy, and who has recently found out that my little sister was alive under that rubble for a few hours before she died, I can tell you it’s taken this long to be able to deal with the pain and loss. This memorial is coming at a time when most of us survivors are ready to face the loss, pain and grief we have endured for so long and will continue to carry with us forever.

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