On July 17, 1981, a lively dance party at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, turned tragic when two atrium skywalks collapsed, forever altering the lives of approximately 2,000 attendees. Survivors recount the horror as the structures fell, and pressing questions arose about accountability and the trauma experienced by rescuers. Discover how a hotel engineer's intervention during the disaster and the miraculous rescue of an 11-year-old boy and his mother unfolded. The catastrophe led to the loss of licenses for the architect and engineer due to design flaws.

00:00: The Hyatt Regency Hotel Skywalk Disaster introduction.
00:40: Survivors recount the chaos as the skywalks collapsed.
01:20: Discussion on responsibility for the tragedy and impact on rescuers.
04:50: Hotel engineer stops water flow into the flooded lobby.
05:44: Miraculous rescue of an 11-year-old boy and his mother after six hours.
08:38: Architect and engineer lose licenses due to design flaws.

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See show notes: https://inlet.fm/how-to-survive/episodes/671aa27e547aa357809848ea

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