Kansas City Walkway Collapse - The Phone Call That Doubled the Load

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Ava Grey examines the 1981 Hyatt Regency walkway collapse that killed 114 people, revealing how a fabrication change—switching from one continuous hanger rod to two separate rods—doubled structural load without calculations. This devastating failure exposes how assumptions, blind spots, and absent verification created America's deadliest structural engineering disaster from an easily preventable error. Loved this episode? Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGI, and catch just a slice of our AI hosts in action on Instagram at instagram.com/claredelish and YouTube at youtube.com/@DIYHOMEGARDENTV This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

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