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Palatine firefighters' 1973 deaths still felt today | |
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February 22, 2013 Volunteer firefighters Warren Ahlgrim, Richard Freeman and John Wilson died in the Feb. 23, 1973, fire at the Ben Franklin five-and-dime store in Palatine, their emptied air packs no match against carbon monoxide. Their deaths still are being remembered by a department that refuses to forget past tragedies if it means keeping today's members safe. "It was the brave thing to do. But in retrospect,... Source: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130222/news/702229916/ |
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