On July 17, 1981, a vibrant dance event at the Hyatt Regency Hotel attracted around 1,500 attendees. Tragically, a disastrous structural failure occurred when the skywalk gave way, resulting in the deaths of 114 individuals and leaving many more injured. This incident marked one of the most devastating architectural collapses in American history.
Show
Seconds From Disaster
Episode
S03E01
Air Date
Jan 10, 2006
Season 3 Episodes
S03E01
Skywalk Collapse
S03E02
Amsterdam Air Crash
S03E03
Kursk: Russia's Nuclear Nightmare
S03E04
King's Cross Fire (London's Subway Inferno)
S03E05
Nairobi Bombing
S03E06
Everglades Plane Crash
S03E07
Titanic
S03E08
Aircraft Carrier Explosion
S03E09
Queens Air Crash
S03E10
Munich Olympic Massacre
S03E11
Superstore Collapse
S03E12
Plane Crash in the Potomac
S03E13
Asian Tsunami