This is KMBC 9 Storytellers. A podcast where we go beyond the evening news. It's a deeper look at the stories of the people and events at the heart of Kansas City on both sides of the state line.
80 - Skywalks Collapse Survival Story: Dalton Grant
Dalton Grant was 11-years-old when he and his mother found themselves trapped in the wreckage of 1981's Hyatt skywalks collapse. Their family was attending a dance in the hotel's lobby July 17, 1981 when two suspended walkways collapsed. The disaster remains the worst accidental structural collapse in American history.
Dalton's story was part of the recent KMBC Chronicle: "The Skywalk Tapes." In this episode, listeners will hear there's more to his rescue story.
9 Jul 2021
79 - The Making of "The Skywalk Tapes"
KMBC 9 Executive Producer Cara Doyle joins host Haley Harrison for an in-depth discussion of the people and stories behind the making of the new documentary "The Skywalk Tapes."
The hour-long documentary tells the story of the July 17, 1981 skywalks collapse at Kansas City's Hyatt Regency Hotel. It airs July 13, 2021 at 9pm on KMBC and July 17, 2021 (the 40th anniversary of the tragedy) at 8pm on KCWE.
Special thanks to Cara Doyle Wright, photojournalists Turner Twyman, Todd Ummelmann, Micheal Mahoney, and News Director Dan O'Donnell.
11 May 2021
78 - "Healing a Shattered Soul"
Mindy Corporon joins Haley for a conversation about her new book, "Healing a Shattered Soul." It's the story of the act of domestic terrorism and hate crime that took the lives of her son, father, and another woman in Overland Park, Kansas in 2014.
Haley and Mindy also talk about the fact the shooter died in prison the same day the book was published.
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