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Survivors helped to pull victims out from under the debris of the balconies, and rescue workers had to use chainsaws to free others. [1] One of the survivors was a nurse, and had started a rescue effort before emergency services arrived. [3] The Chicago Fire Department supplied the main rescue effort. [3]
Dearborn was the first Chicago housing project built after World War II, as housing for blacks on part of the Federal Street slum within the "black belt". [3] It was the start of the Chicago Housing Authority's post-war use of high-rise buildings to accommodate more units at a lower overall cost, [6] and when it opened in 1950, the first to have elevators.
Chicago’s homicide victims in 2024 are often young, Black and male. Most homicide victims in Chicago died as the result of gunshot wounds. Sources: City of Chicago; Tribune reporting and archives
[5] [6] [7] The fire was started in a supply room [8] by a faulty light fixture and resulted in the deaths of six people. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The City of Chicago , in addition to several other defendants, paid $100 million to the families of the six victims after litigation, [ 11 ] citing multiple failures.
Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by two weeks to allow time for the victims’ families to be notified of a ...
Harold L. Ickes Homes was a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) public housing project on the Near South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.It was bordered between Cermak Road to the north, 24th Place to the south, State Street to the east, and Federal Street to the west, making it part of the State Street Corridor that included other CHA properties: Robert Taylor Homes, Dearborn Homes ...
Simeon Bihesi, 28, was shot and killed while he was riding a Chicago Transit Authority L train Monday morning in the suburb of Forest Park, Illinois, about 10 miles west of downtown Chicago ...
The investigation by the Chicago Fire Department indicated that the fire was the result of a destroyed item from the fire in the apartment later that morning. [4] Arson and foul play were not considered factors. [2] [4] No adults were present in the apartment during the fire. [2] The exact cause to the fire was unknown at the time investigation ...