The somber, miles-long procession was all too familiar. Wednesday, as part of his responsibilities with the Chicago Firefighters Union, Quane was at the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office where Tchoryk's body was taken from Northwestern Memorial Hospital. There's just no way to describe in words how that is," Quane said. Unfortunately there is no shortage of guys that have been through line of duty deaths here on our job, and like I told some of the guys out there today. When the roof collapsed, two firefighters were killed and 17 were injured. "Two days we've seen families broken, and these members will never return home to those families."įirefighter Patrick Quane had been on the job for barely a year when his ambulance responded to a burning building in South Shore on December 22, 2010. Because they worked on their own coworkers. "Let me say first pray for the families pray for the firefighters and paramedics. Nance-Holt struggled to keep her composure at the scene. While the Chicago Fire Department is no stranger to tragedy, losing two firefighters in two days is unprecedented. The firefighter's colleagues performed CPR and got him back to the lobby before he was brought to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he died, CFD officials and Mayor Lori Lightfoot said. READ MORE: Chicago high-rise cited for inspection violations before deadly Gold Coast fire The elevators stopped working at some point that morning, CFD said. One firefighter collapsed on the 11th floor while climbing up the stairs to the fire, and a mayday call went out at about 8 a.m. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast around 7 a.m. The fire broke out on the 27th floor of the building, located at 1212 N. Navy veteran who served in Desert Storm, and his son was just sworn in as a CPD officer.ĬHICAGO (WLS) - Three firefighters were injured and one died after battling a high-rise fire on Chicago's North Side Wednesday morning. Jan Tchoryk had been withthe Chicago Fire Department since 1997, was a U.S.
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