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99. The Skywalks (Hyatt Regency disaster)

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The Hotel's Tea Dance

At 704 p.m. the Steve Miller Orchestra returned from a short break and picked up their instruments. The band launched into Duke Ellington's Satin Doll. Some attendees remember hearing a noise like a whip crack, which is now assumed to be the sound of the 4th floor skywalks connections pulling apart. There were 150 people on the ground, when 64 tons of skywalks landed on them.

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