Archive for July 17th, 2021

Very brief historical note (some parental guidance suggested).

Saturday, July 17th, 2021

Today is the 40th anniversary of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency skywalk collapse.

This is something that shook me up at the time, and I’m not sure I can do it justice today. KMBC 9 has put up a documentary, “The Skywalk Tapes”, which I feel comfortable embedding here. (I thought about using the “Seconds From Disaster” episode, but all the YouTube copies I could find were low quality.)

Texas A&M Civil Engineering Ethics Site case study. Photos of the failed components (nothing graphic).

“Follow command and control. Follow communications. Never give up hope. And never give up respect for your patients,” Waeckerle said.

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Obit watch: July 17, 2021.

Saturday, July 17th, 2021

Quick roundup, in some haste:

Biz Markie. 57. Damn.

Dennis Murphy, founder of the American Basketball Association. Also the World Hockey Association, the International Women’s Professional Softball League, and Roller Hockey International.

“He was fun and creative,” Mr. O’Brien said, “and he was always hustling somebody.”

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