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The Skywalks
Hyatt Regency disaster / FIU bridge collapse
More than one hundred people are killed when two overhead walkways collapse in the lobby of a Kansas City hotel.
Prelude: The failure of a much-needed pedestrian bridge at Florida International University.
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