Chicago firefighter hurt in I-57 crash
A Chicago firefighter was hurt when his vehicle was struck Thursday night as he responded to a car fire on I-57, CFD officials said.
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A Chicago firefighter was hurt when his vehicle was struck Thursday night as he responded to a car fire on I-57, CFD officials said.
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Charles Green, 44, has been charged with first-degree murder and aggravated arson in the garage fire that killed Meyer on the West Side last month.
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"Dave embodied everything a Chicago firefighter is and should be; the bravest of us all, a true leader in every sense of the word," his fellow firefighters said.
Meyer, who died fighting a fire on the West Side, was also remembered as a devoted husband and father who always had a smile on his face. Sabrina Franza reports.
Chicago Fire Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt presented the family of Capt. David Meyer with the Chicago flag after his funeral service in Niles Tuesday.
The full funeral mass for Chicago Fire Captain David Meyer, who died after fighting a blaze at a garage in the city's Austin neighborhood last week.
The funeral for fallen Chicago Fire Captain David Meyer was held in Niles, Illinois, Tuesday morning. He died after being struck by a beam after fighting a garage fire on the West Side last week.
The funeral for veteran Chicago firefighter Capt. David Meyer is being held in Niles, Illinois, on Tuesday morning.
The funeral for veteran Chicago firefighter Capt. David Meyer is being held in Niles, Illinois, on Tuesday morning.
Meyer was with the Chicago Fire Department for 29 years.
Capt. David Meyer was with the Chicago Fire Department for 29 years. Not only were hundreds of firemen and women present for his visitation Monday, but so were a line of community members down the block. Marissa Sulek reports.
Everyone survived the first fire, which broke out in the 7100 block of South Yates Boulevard. A man was found dead in the second fire on South Shore Drive.
Meyer, 54, was among the firefighters who responded to a garage fire early Wednesday morning in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
Charles Green, 44, is charged with two counts of murder and one count of aggravated arson.
Charles K. Green, 44, was charged Friday with two felony counts of murder and one felony count of aggravated arson causing bodily harm.
Charles K. Green, 44, was charged Friday with two felony counts of murder and one felony count of aggravated arson causing bodily harm.
Investigators are looking into arson as a possible cause for the fire that killed Chicago Fire Capt. David Meyer on Wednesday, and a person of interest is in custody. As Marissa Sulek reports, neighbors said the fire was part of a trend.
Meyer collapsed fighting a garage fire on Chicago’s West Side. Shardaa Gray reports.
Fire Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt asked everyone in the city of Chicago to keep Meyer's family and the department in their prayers during this time. Shardaa Gray reports.
Chicago Fire Captain David Meyer, 54, died after a beam struck him when a garage collapsed following a fire in Austin Wednesday morning. He first joined CFD in 1996.
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