周三上午，两名芝加哥消防员被杀，当屋顶和墙壁在东75街的一栋废弃的一层楼，前洗衣店斗争时，屋顶和墙壁倒塌时受伤。
The two firefighters were identified as Edward Stringer, a 12-year veteran, and Cory Ankum, a member of the department for less than two years.
Two other firefighters were trapped inside the former Sing Way Laundry at 1744 E. 75th, near South Shore High School, before being pulled to safety and taken to hospitals.
Firefighters including Fire Commissioner Robert Hoff swarmed the scene, furiously digging through rubble to find the missing firefighters. When the missing were located, they were quickly carried out of the building, with firefighters clearing a path.
消防局发言人拉里·兰福德（Larry Langford）说，安库姆（Ankum）在橡树草坪（Oak Lawn）的倡导者基督医疗中心（Advocate Christ Medical Center）去世，而斯特林格（Stringer）在西北纪念医院去世。
由于34岁的Ankum尸体被带到太平间，数十名消防员在基督医疗中心急诊室的出口旁排出了敬意。
莫里斯·马修斯（Maurice Matthews）反击眼泪，他的兄弟消防员史蒂文·埃尔森（Steven Ellerson）受伤，试图挽救安库姆（Ankum）。
马修斯说：“他几乎死于试图拯救伴侣。”
马修斯说，屋顶倒塌时，他的兄弟在大楼里。马修斯说，他听到Ankum哭泣寻求帮助，并取得了帮助，删除了Ankum的面具，并未成功地试图将他释放。
Eventually Ellerson’s colleagues dragged Ellerson to safety, but not before his eyesight was damaged, Matthews said.
“He’s distraught that he couldn’t save’’Ankum, Matthews said. “The brotherhood and camaraderie these firefighters share is incredible.”
Ankum的妻子是戴利市长的私人秘书。纽约的戴利（Daley）计划尽早结束他的旅行，并在悲剧发生后周三晚上返回城市。
“I knew Cory Ankum and his family and I share in their loss today,’’ Daley said in a statement issued Wednesday afternoon. “. . . The deaths of Firefighters Stringer and Ankum are both a sad reminder of how much gratitude we owe our first responders and a tragedy for all Chicagoans.’’
Ankum曾是一名前芝加哥警察，他一年前加入了芝加哥消防局的发动机，并被描述为在第79和South Chicago的Firehouse的最爱。
The father of three children under 12 years old — including a 1 year old — was “first and foremost, a devoted family man,” said his brother, Gerald Glover, also a firefighter, who worked a different shift at the same firehouse.
哥哥说，Ankum换了职业，加入了消防部门，因为他感到“警察不再受到尊重”。
Known for his excellent cooking and his jokes, Ankum was quick to help out neighbors on his block, and he knew the dangers of his job, his brother said.
“He was an outstanding young man that took care of his kids and family,” he said.
他的兄弟说：“他跑到那座建筑物中 - 他不知道发生了什么，但他正在做他的工作。”
As for Stringer, one fire department district commander said he will be remembered for his “bravery’’ and “valor.’’
不想被识别的指挥官周三走出库克县医学检查官办公室，载着芝加哥国旗，该国旗被用来披上消防员的遗体和一个装满纵梁服装的红色塑料袋。
“我们失去了一个朋友，失去了一个兄弟，”他谈到斯特林格时说，他的母亲是退休的城市工人。每当需要时，斯特林格“会跳进去”。他也有一个“智慧”。
Both firefighters were “excellent men, excellent firefighters, excellent parents, excellent friends,’’ the district commander said.
“我们都被摧毁了。这是一个损失，假期期间的损失。’
Langford said all of the surviving firefighters were “stable” — without life-threatening injuries.
Nearly 100 firefighters responded to the “Mayday” call that was sounded to alert the department that firefighters were trapped.
其中包括霍夫（Hoff），霍夫（Hoff）是芝加哥第三代消防员，他的父亲几年前死于职责。
“They were removed from different corners of the building,” Hoff, his face marked with soot, said of those who had to be pulled out.
在救援工作中，霍夫说：“他们努力工作，把他们迅速赶走。”
The fire Wednesday came on the 100th anniversary of the Union Stock Yards fire, which killed 21 Chicago firefighters. That was the single greatest loss of big-city firefighters ever in the United States before the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
The three-alarm fire started just before 7 a.m..
罗伯特·斯玛特（Robert Smart）拥有智能兄弟（Smart Bros.他说，他以前曾打电话给警察，并每次修理物业后部的安全栅栏时，棚户区的安全栅栏在其中砍下了一个新洞并返回。
Four of the injured firefighters were sent to University of Chicago Hospitals. As of 12:40 p.m., one had been released. The remaining three were to be released soon, with all suffering from cuts and bruises, a hospital official said.
Word of the deadly fire Wednesday reached a group of retired firefighters as they marked the anniversary of the Stock Yards fire with a gathering at the firefighters monument in the small park at Exchange and Peoria. The names of the firefighters who died a century ago were being read, a bell tolling for each one, said retired firefighter Bill Cosgrove, who helped raised the money to create the memorial.
“It was beyond disbelief,” Cosgrove, who lives in Tinley Park, said of the timing of Wednesday’s fire. “It broke most of the firemen down when we found out. We have a very sad day today.”
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Contributing:
Tina Sfondeles, Fran Spielman, Maudlyne Ihejirika, Casey Toner, Lauren FitzPatrick
