The Hyatt Regency Collapse through witnesses’ eyes

This episode contains eyewitness accounts of the skywalk collapse at the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel on July 17, 1981. The episode contains screen captured images and eyewitness accounts found in newspaper coverage immediately after the event, the 20/20 episode from July 21, 1981, the footage shot by Dave Forstate of KC channel 9 news, and viewers will hear the testimony of Springfield NewsLeader reporter Kathleen O’Dell who with photographer Bob Linder was in the lobby observing rescue and recovery efforts in the library all night. Survivor stories include Mark Williams, Dalton Grant, Tom Weir, Richard Coble and others.

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