walks, kansas city missouri,
july 1980, 114 were killed when
the walkways on the second and
fourth floor of the hyatt
regency hotel collapse due to a
design flaw. it was known as
one of the most devastating
structural failures in us
history. so much tragedy there
experts tell us when things
like this happen. it's an
opportunity to once again take
a hard look at the country's
infrastructure. if you think
about this in these terms
across the country, there are
more than 617,000 bridges in
the country. 42% of all bridges
are at least 50 years old. and
so experts say once again, this
is an opportunity not only to
take a look at protection for
bridges, whether it be in the
water, but also maybe that
means updating them as well in
terms of their infrastructure.
jason, thank you.
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