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1. www.pbs.org › video › angels-too-soon-remembers‘Angels Too Soon’ Remembers Tragedy at Our Lady of Angels

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   Nov 29, 2018 · It’s been 60 years since a fire at Our Lady of Angels school killed 92 students and three nuns. We revisit Jay Shefsky’s documentary about that tragedy, “Angels Too Soon.”

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   Angels Too Soon: The School Fire of '58. In 1958, a tragic Catholic school fire at Our Lady of the Angels in the city’s Humboldt Park neighborhood took the lives of 92 children and 3 nuns. The fire at Our Lady of the Angels was an unimaginable tragedy that shook a parish and changed a community.

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   But in 1958, tragedy struck when a fire broke out in the basement at Our Lady of the Angels and tore through parts of the building, trapping student...more. Our Lady of the Angels was an...

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4. www.yahoo.com › news › 65-years-later-lasting-impact65 years later: The lasting impact of the Our Lady of Angels ...

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   Dec 2, 2023 · The Chicago School fire that stunned the nation happened 65 years ago Friday. Our Lady of the Angels fire took the lives of 92 children and three nuns.

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Our_Lady_of_the_AngelsOur Lady of the Angels School fire - Wikipedia

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   On Monday, December 1, 1958, a fire broke out at Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago, Illinois, shortly before classes were to be dismissed for the day. The fire originated in the basement near the foot of a stairway.

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   Nov 29, 2018 · 60 years ago, 92 children and three nuns died in a fire at the Our Lady of the Angels school on Chicago's West Side. The tragedy could easily have been prevented, and had a wide-reaching effect on fire safety measures across the country.

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   What happened at Our Lady of the Angels?

   • The fire at Our Lady of the Angels was an unimaginable tragedy that shook a parish and changed a community. This article contains descriptions of a deadly school fire that some readers may find disturbing. Monsignor Joseph Cussen, a pastor at Our Lady of the Angels, blesses children in 1954.

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   Could a fire at Our Lady of the Angels have been prevented?

   • 60 years ago, 92 children and three nuns died in a fire at the Our Lady of the Angels school on Chicago's West Side. The tragedy could easily have been prevented, and had a wide-reaching effect on fire safety measures across the country.

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   Why did a teenager set a fire at Our Lady of the Angels?

   • It’s unfortunate.” In the weeks after the fire, the Cook County Coroner’s Office led an investigation into the cause of the fire which read, “We have reached the conclusion that the cause is undetermined.” Years after the fire, a teenage boy who was arrested for arson in Cicero admitted to setting the fire in the basement of Our Lady of the Angels.

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   What happened to the school building in when angels wept?

   • The school building was replaced with a one-story structure. The play entitled When Angels Wept by playwright Charles Grippo had two productions in Chicago in 2013 and was based on the Our Lady of the Angels School fire. The story is centered around a small group of survivors of the fire and how the tragedy affected their lives until today.

   Our Lady of the Angels School fire - Wikipedia

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   How many children died in the Our Lady of the Angels fire?

   • Kids were rushed to the hospital. Finally, the fire was extinguished. Ninety-two children and three nuns died in the Our Lady of the Angels fire. Numerous other children who had jumped from the windows suffered broken and fractured bones and severe burns. There was no psychological counselling; many survivors were urged not to talk about it.

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   Could a fire door have saved Our Lady of the Angels?

   • A simple fire door could easily have prevented the tragedy. A sprinkler system could also have helped. Despite lacking such basic safety measures, however, Our Lady of the Angels was technically up to code. It had passed an inspection only two months before the fire – but, as an older school, it had been exempt from certain new safety requirements.

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8. chicago.suntimes.com › 2018/4/27 › 18328713Journey's Jonathan Cain writes of escaping Our Lady of Angels ...

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   Apr 27, 2018 · In his new memoir “Don’t Stop Believin’,” Cain, 68, chronicles a path that includes surviving the deadly Our Lady of the Angels School fire in 1958, coming of age in the tumultuous 1960s in Chicago, co-writing such hits as “Faithfully” and “Open Arms” (and, of course, the song that gave title to the book), rediscovering his religious faith and m...