51 Years Ago: THE OUR LADY OF ANGELS FIRE
51 Years Ago: THE OUR LADY OF ANGELS FIRE
Today is the 51st anniversary of the Our Lady of the Angels Fire in Chicago: December 1st, 1958.
Here is a website dedicated to the fire. http://www.olafire.com and we have more links below.
You can also get a CD, with proceeds going to the Illinois Fire Safety Alliance and the IFSA Burn Camp for Children by Fire Lt. Mike Mason. Mike, who is a survivor of Our Lady of Angels fire and a Lieutenant with the Downers Grove FD, created this excellent CD titled “Angels of Fire” which is dedicated to his classmates who perished in the tragedy on December 1, 1958.
Click HERE for more details:
http://www.ricofirerescue.com/pages/gear.htm#Angle%20of%20Fire%20CD
EXCELLENT VIDEO AND RELATED LINKS related to the fire:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czM5ZCooYzY (Documentary)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLhO25vBT5c (Actual video footage from the fire)
http://statter911.com/2008/11/28/50-years-ago-lessons-learned-from-tragedy-a-look-back-at-our-lady-of-the-angels-school-fire/ (An excellent selection of info from Dave S)
Be sure to check out the book: ”To Sleep with the Angels: The Story of a Fire” by David Cowan and John Kuenster. There is a follow up book by Kuenster of the first book “Remembrances of the Angels: 50th Anniversary Reminiscences of the Fire No One Can Forget”
92 kids and 3 Nuns lost their lives in this fire. R.I.P.
Take Care-BE CAREFUL.
BillyG
The Secret List 12-1-09 / 2025 Hours
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