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Father and 11-year-old son die after balcony fall

By Drooid · Oct 31, 2026 · How we work

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Summary

Police said 40-year-old Randeep Patra and his 11-year-old son Aarav fell from a 23rd-floor balcony, killing both.
They were on the balcony Friday to pluck puja flowers using a ladder.
Patra’s attempt to catch his son resulted in both falling onto the clubhouse roof.
Emergency crews took them to a hospital where doctors declared them dead.

History

On July 17 1981 the Hyatt Regency’s fourth-floor skywalk collapsed onto a second-floor walkway, killing 114 and injuring 216. The failure traced to a revised hanger-rod design amid a late-1970s boom of fast-tracked projects, including the 1979 Kemper Arena roof collapse. In response, the American Society of Civil Engineers and Kansas City tightened building-code enforcement, shaping modern structural-safety standards.

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On July 17 1981 the Hyatt Regency’s fourth-floor skywalk collapsed onto a second-floor walkway, killing 114 and injuring 216. The failure traced to a revised hanger-rod design amid a late-1970s boom of fast-tracked projects, including the 1979 Kemper Arena roof collapse. In response, the American Society of Civil Engineers and Kansas City tightened building-code enforcement, shaping modern structural-safety standards.

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