KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for a memorial to victims, rescuers and survivors of Kansas City’s 1981 skywalk disaster.
The Skywalk Memorial Foundation breaks ground on the memorial Friday in Hospital Hill Park.
It’s across the street from the former Hyatt Regency hotel where 114 people died in the collapse in 1981. More than 200 people were injured.
The disaster occurred during a dance in the hotel lobby when two suspended skywalks came crashing down. There were no criminal charges, but the engineers responsible lost their licenses. There were also about $140 million in judgments and settlements.
The skywalk collapse remains among the deadliest structural collapses in U.S. history.