Buried truths and the Hyatt skywalks : the legacy of America's epic structural failure /

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"In 1981 the sudden collapse of two skywalks in Kansas City's Hyatt hotel killed 114 people and injured another 200. There never was a public trial, nor a full airing of everything that went wrong. Richard A. Serrano shared a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the disaster at the time; now...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Serrano, Richard A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2021]
Temas:
Kansas City Hyatt Regency.
Building failures > Missouri > Kansas City.
Skywalks > Accidents > Missouri > Kansas City.
Structural failures > Missouri > Kansas City.
Accident victims > United States.
Constructions > Effondrement > Missouri > Kansas City.
Passerelles > Accidents > Missouri > Kansas City.
Victimes d'accidents > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief
Accident victims.
Building failures.
Skywalks > Accidents.
Structural failures.
Missouri > Kansas City.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • BURIED TRUTHS
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • CONTENTS
  • AUTHOR'S NOTE
  • PROLOGUE
  • PART 1. REGENCY
  • 1. MOLLY RILEY
  • 2. THE CROWN
  • 3. THE PRITZKERS
  • 4. HAUNTED GROUND
  • 5. PAULY
  • 6. THE ROOF FALLS IN
  • 7. THIN AND INVISIBLE
  • PART 2. REQUIEM
  • 8. TEA DANCE
  • 9. SILENCE, THEN SCREAMS
  • 10. THERE SEEMED NO END
  • 11. THE HANSON SISTERS
  • 12. BLOOD AND MUMS
  • 13. JOHN TVEDTEN
  • 14. JEFF DURHAM
  • 15. HARD RAIN
  • 16. RUSH TO REOPEN
  • 17. LIEUTENANT JOHN T. DIXON
  • PART 3. RECKONING
  • 18. 9UE
  • 19. CASE CLOSED
  • 20. PAYDAY
  • 21. SALLY FIRESTONE
  • 22. THE FIREMAN'S RULE
  • 23. MOEN PHILLIPS
  • 24. SOMEONE TO BLAME
  • 25. ROBERT GORDON
  • 26. LEGACY
  • POSTSCRIPT
  • SOURCES
  • INDEX
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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