A crowd of dozens of first responders and supporters gathered for separate processions from the Cook County medical examiner’s office to suburban funeral homes.
A Chicago firefighter died while responding to a blaze in a high-rise apartment building on Wednesday morning in the city's Gold Coast neighborhood, officials said.
The Chicago Fire Department responded after flames broke out in a high-rise building at 1212 North Lake Shore Drive Wednesday morning. While there, the CFD called for a mayday and an emergency medical response after one firefighter suffered critical injuries and later died.
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