Came across this bit of CFD history and I'll bet there's a whole
generation of guys who have never heard of this one....a 5-11 alarm fire
in a big vacant warehouse at 3958 S Calumet...August 23 1982. On the 4
or 5-11,( I forget which) 18 was going to the fire and 99 was on a
change...eng 19 maybe? They collided at 35th & Michigan. I know one
of the engineers was pinned in the cab..eng 18 had the mack cf I think.
Recently retired and now a man of leisure, Hank Sajovic was kind enough
to dip into his archive and share these photos he took that
day.....hopefully he will share some of the 5-11 too. Ironically, myself
and the aforementioned Joe Pavlik had taken a 1 day trip to Knoxville
for the world's fair and missed the entire debacle. I'm sure some of our
list lurkers can add some color to this bare bones account.....
Steve
generation of guys who have never heard of this one....a 5-11 alarm fire
in a big vacant warehouse at 3958 S Calumet...August 23 1982. On the 4
or 5-11,( I forget which) 18 was going to the fire and 99 was on a
change...eng 19 maybe? They collided at 35th & Michigan. I know one
of the engineers was pinned in the cab..eng 18 had the mack cf I think.
Recently retired and now a man of leisure, Hank Sajovic was kind enough
to dip into his archive and share these photos he took that
day.....hopefully he will share some of the 5-11 too. Ironically, myself
and the aforementioned Joe Pavlik had taken a 1 day trip to Knoxville
for the world's fair and missed the entire debacle. I'm sure some of our
list lurkers can add some color to this bare bones account.....
Steve
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