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Ithaca High School's 14-year-old champion diver, Andrea McKinnon, executes a back dive.

A makeshift hospital in the street outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel was up following the two sky walks that fell killing 112 people and injuring 188. The accident in Kansas City, MO was one of the worst hotel disasters in America's history.

Grand Avenue became a makeshift first aid station as victims lay waiting for ambulances. The front of the hotel became an illusion of a battle field.

On July 17th the Hyatt Regency Disaster became the worst accident in terms of lives lost since the San Diego plane crash of 1979. The Kansas City Hyatt was only a year old and held popular Friday night tea dances. As the band began to play Satan's…

Workmen struggle through the night to move debris from walkways at Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel. Looking for signs of life among the dead.

Two sky walks fell at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Kansas City killing over 100 people. It took rescuers more than 12 hours to recover all the bodies. This photograph was taken as workers removed the last of the casualties buried under the rubble.

Bartender cries as she finds friend that survived the Hyatt tragedy in Kansas City.

Fire fighters remove an injured man from under a collapsed walkway in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Over 100 persons were killed and 100 injured by the two walkways, during a Big Band Dance Party.

The manager and owner of a guest house hangs her many sheets out to dry on wash day.

Rising with the sun by their humble Sinai home, four desert dwellers get an early start on the day. Though this building may seem modest, it is a source of pride for the area. The building serves as a community gathering place, school and home for…