Very brief historical note (some parental guidance suggested).

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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