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Our Lady of Angels School Fire (December 1, 1958)
The Monday after Thanksgiving break would be no ordinary school day for the priests, nuns, teachers, and children of Our Lady of The Angels parish and school at 909 Avers Ave. in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago. An intentionally set fire would ravage the school in mere minutes, leaving 92 children and 3 nuns dead.
What was it like to be in the inferno? Who were the heroes and who were the villains? How could this have happened? Who set the fire and why? How did school fire codes across the country change after this disaster?
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