zianuray

I suspect the skywalk collapse they were talking about was when the Hyatt collapsed in KC. I hadn't thought about that for a while. It was a huge deal; it was during a tea dance there, and over 100 people were killed, and many more received life-changing injuries (became quads, lost limbs, etc). It was said that almost everyone in KC knew someone who was there that night. I was supposed to be there, with bountifulpots, so I remember it pretty vividly, plus the aftermath. Perhaps the "hero" thing comes from the fact of the people who were there and not killed tried to help each other in the midst of the gore and broken building stuff and dead bodies of friends they came with for a good time. It was one of those things that pulled people together, much like 9/11. I don't say at all that anyone was a hero just for being there, but there were stories, just like 9/11, where people just tried to help in a horrible situation. Just surviving the emotional repercussions was amazing. I worked at the local mental health center at that time, and we all got very quick special training on crisis counseling! MUCH post traumatic stress disorder! It took a lot just to come out of it, but people were trying to help each other, and that was heroic, I believe. I think the ones who survived were heroes. Don't know about the ones who dies. I'm just grateful for the last minute phone call I got that night that changed my plans for the evening.