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Nonprofit donates $460,000 to widows, children of fallen firefighters: ‘We’re a family’

The EMWQ Retirees’, Widows’ and Children’s Assistance Fund was founded to provide financial assistance to the children and widows of active service members of the Chicago Fire Department who die.

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Let’s remember and honor Chicago firefighters who gave their lives to save others

Firefighters like Andrew Price, and three others who died this year, chose to enter a career that they knew might involve risking their lives for others. How many of the rest of us would do the same?

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Picture Chicago: 11 of the best photos from the Sun-Times this week

Ald. Ed Burke (14th) says goodbye to City Hall, dispensary workers demand better working conditions, and 100,000 tulips are blooming on the South Side.

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Walmart’s plan to close stores slammed, an El Chapo crime saga update and more in your Chicago news roundup

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Picture Chicago: This week’s 17 can’t miss Sun-Times photos

Loved ones and colleagues remember a Chicago firefighter who died in the line of duty, residents celebrate Easter and more in our best pictures of the last week.

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‘I love you, brother’ ... Crowd mourns fallen Chicago firefighter Jermaine Pelt

Pelt, 49, died on April 4 while battling an extra-alarm fire in West Pullman. His funeral was at Friday morning at House of Hope in Pullman.

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Visitation held for Chicago firefighter Jermaine Pelt who died in South Side blaze

Firefighter Jermaine Pelt, 49, died on April 4 while battling an extra-alarm fire in the West Pullman neighborhood.

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Chicago pays tribute to two fallen firefighters for their years of life-saving service

Our city grieves with the families and shares the pride their loved ones must have in two men whose bravery and heroism was part of their nature.

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Funeral services for 2 Chicago firefighters killed in line of duty to be held this week

Chicago firefighter Jermaine Pelt and Lt. Jan Tchoryk died last week fighting separate fires.

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Services slated for next week following shocking deaths of 2 Chicago firefighters

CHICAGO — Services have been finalized for two Chicago firefighters whose separate back-to-back line of duty deaths early this week rocked the city, according to the fire department.

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Processions honor 2 Chicago firefighters who died this week as they are taken to funeral homes

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago firefighter dead in high-rise blaze had heart attack

A firefighter who died while battling a blaze in a high-rise building on Chicago’s North Side died of a heart attack

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What’s next for CPS after Johnson’s win, flowers for George Freeman and more in your Chicago news roundup

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Gold Coast high-rise fire ruled an accident; 2 firefighters’ cause of death revealed

Officials say a high-rise fire on North Lake Shore Drive was caused by combustibles too close to a ‘heat-generating appliance.’ Firefighter Jermaine Pelt died of smoke inhalation; Lt. Jan Tchoryk died of cardiovascular disease.

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Cause of death revealed for 2 Chicago firefighters who died responding to fires on North, South sides

Autopsies determined Jermaine Pelt died of carbon monoxide toxicity from inhalation of smoke and soot, and Lt. Jan Tchoryk died of hypertensive-arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Chicago Tribune

‘It just doesn’t happen. But today, it did’: Veteran fire lieutenant second to die in as many days following blaze at Chicago high-rise

CHICAGO — A firefighter died Wednesday battling a Gold Coast blaze, marking the Chicago Fire Department’s second line-of-duty death in just two days.

Chicago Sun-Times

How Brandon Johnson can build public support

Once Johnson and voters know how city departments are doing, it will be easier for him to obtain broad support for necessary corrections.

Chicago Tribune

Veteran fire lieutenant dies following extra-alarm blaze at Chicago high-rise

CHICAGO — A firefighter has died and three others were injured at an extra-alarm blaze at a high-rise building on DuSable Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast neighborhood, officials said.

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Chicago firefighter dies, 2 others injured in extra-alarm blaze

CHICAGO — A 49-year-old Chicago firefighter died and two others were injured in a predawn extra-alarm blaze where a mayday alert was called at a house in the West Pullman neighborhood, fire officials said.

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