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99. The Skywalks (Hyatt Regency disaster)

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The T-Dance

Dr. Wackerley told Jeff Durham that he would be long dead by the time the beam could be lifted. Dr. Ashcraft cut into Jeff Durham's leg with a large knife from the hotel's kitchen for almost 20 minutes before giving up and replacing his overmatched tool with a chainsaw. Later that night, rescue workers heard a voice that sounded like a child coming from the rubble. They shined the flashlight into a hole and saw a 11-year-old Dalton Grant and his mother Connie. The boy had been smooshed into balls and had been unable to move for hours.

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