Brian Ford (who happens to be my cousin) remembers the Kansas City tragedy twenty-five years later. The city has mostly forgotten about this, and it’s sad. There should really be a memorial.
Hey, thanks for the link. As someone in my comments mentioned — it’s sad that people not local to KC seem more likely to be familiar with it’s legacy than people who have lived their all their lives.
I think the lack of respect for history in KC is pretty appalling.
For what it’s worth, I signed up on the Flaming Lips message board (which is moderated by Kliph) and left a link to the article. I thought he might like to know that there is an effort for a memorial that really ought to have existed years ago.
My father and 11 year old sister were killed at the Hyatt and we need a memorial. I don’t imagine that Oklahoma City gave it a second thought when they put up a memorial but here we are 25 years later debating this issue.
I remember being at home watching TV when the disaster happened. I was a teenager and just starting out as a jazz musician in Kansas City. Steve Miller’s band was playing the tea dance and I thought the worst had happened to him or other members of the band. While the band did not meet with any injuries, I’m sure ther witnessed something that will haunt them for the rest of their lives.
I also believe a memorial should be set up to remember the 114 who died as well as the 200+ injured. The tricky part would be finding where to put it. While the hotel lobby might seem to be the logical choice to mark the exact point where it happened, I can’t imagine a private hotel wanting something like that in their front lobby.
I would think that either in Penn Valley park or somewhere in the grassy areas around Crown Center or Union Station they could make a paved patio with a plate honoring the victims.
I compare this to the disaster with the firemen out near 71 hiway were 6 firemen were vaporized by an explosives fire. If you go out to 87th street just East of 71, there is a nice memorial remembering the bravery of these men. Why can’t we have something for the victims of the Hyatt?
001 // Brian Ford // 07.17.2006 // 4:02 PM
Hey, thanks for the link. As someone in my comments mentioned — it’s sad that people not local to KC seem more likely to be familiar with it’s legacy than people who have lived their all their lives.
I think the lack of respect for history in KC is pretty appalling.
For what it’s worth, I signed up on the Flaming Lips message board (which is moderated by Kliph) and left a link to the article. I thought he might like to know that there is an effort for a memorial that really ought to have existed years ago.
002 // peggy olson // 07.28.2006 // 11:10 AM
My father and 11 year old sister were killed at the Hyatt and we need a memorial. I don’t imagine that Oklahoma City gave it a second thought when they put up a memorial but here we are 25 years later debating this issue.
003 // P Roberts // 09.04.2006 // 8:46 AM
I remember being at home watching TV when the disaster happened. I was a teenager and just starting out as a jazz musician in Kansas City. Steve Miller’s band was playing the tea dance and I thought the worst had happened to him or other members of the band. While the band did not meet with any injuries, I’m sure ther witnessed something that will haunt them for the rest of their lives.
I also believe a memorial should be set up to remember the 114 who died as well as the 200+ injured. The tricky part would be finding where to put it. While the hotel lobby might seem to be the logical choice to mark the exact point where it happened, I can’t imagine a private hotel wanting something like that in their front lobby.
I would think that either in Penn Valley park or somewhere in the grassy areas around Crown Center or Union Station they could make a paved patio with a plate honoring the victims.
I compare this to the disaster with the firemen out near 71 hiway were 6 firemen were vaporized by an explosives fire. If you go out to 87th street just East of 71, there is a nice memorial remembering the bravery of these men. Why can’t we have something for the victims of the Hyatt?
That’s my take on the subject,
Paul