Chicago Fire Engine Company 63 carried on a Christmas day tradition while still mourning the loss of Firefighter Ed Stringer. Firefighter Stringer, who worked at Station 63, died Wednesday with Firefighter Corey Ankum after the roof collapsed in an abandoned dry cleaners.
Engine 63 took Santa to Chicago’s La Rabida Children’s Hospital on Christmas day to deliver presents to the kids.
“It’s really a tough time, but I tell you, the fire department – our firemen are very resilient,” Engine Company 63 Chief Jeffrey Springer told WLS. “We grieve, we mourn, we hurt, but our service to the community and our service to the public continues. We go on.”
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Services for Firefighter Stringer and Firefighter Ankum will be held next week. More information can be found here. Many have left condolences here on Chicago Fire Department’s Facebook page.
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