MARCH 1998 CORNERSTONE OUTREACH HOMELESS SHELTER CHICAGO ILLINOIS
THINGS WERE FINALLY LOOKING UP FOR MY FAMILY AFTER ALL WE WERE HOMELESS WE'D RELOCATED FROM FLORIDA DURING SEVERE TROPICAL STORMS EARLY IN AUGUST 1997 HOW BLESSED I WAS SIX CHILDREN ME AND MY HUSBAND MAYOR DALEYS OFFICE ADOPTING MY FAMILY DONATING SO MUCH TO US AND THE ENTIRE SHELTER CHRISTMAS 1997 I WAS SO HAPPY WHEN GREATLAKES HIRED ME ALL OF MY OLD SUPERVISORS FROM FORT SHERIDAN WERE NOW STORE MANAGERS FINANCE OFFICERS WE WERE A FAMILY IN FORT SHERIDAN NOW GREATLAKES SO IT WAS PLEASANT EXCEPT I HAD TO CATCH THE METRA FROM CHICAGO TO GET TO WORK 22 CITIES AND TOWNS TO GREATLAKES LIFE FOR ME WAS NOW AWESOME ACTUALLY FOUND A NEW APARTMENT OUTSIDE OF GREATLAKES WE SETTLED INTO MAY 1998 MY HUSBAND WAS HIRED AT EMCO CHEMICAL PLANT NORTH CHICAGO THAT'S WHEN TRAGEDY OCCURED ON SHERIDAN ROAD ANOTHER FIRE KILLING A HOMELESS MAN PEOPLE CALLED IT THE MEMORIAL DAY FIRE BUT WHO COULD EVER FORGET A HORRID FIRE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND THIS TRIGGERED ALL KINDS OF FEELINGS ESPECIALLY ABOUT MY HUSBAND AFTER THE FBI QUESTION HIM ABOUT THAT 98 FIRE I REMEMBER WAITING FOR HIM TO ARRIVE FROM WORK 11PM TO 7 PM IT WAS MID MORNING HE STORMS IN SMELLING OF SOOT SMOKE FRIGHTENED HE CLAIMED HE WAS LATE BECAUSE HE MET WITH CIRO GARGANO TO GET HIS PAPER TAG FOR THE CAR CLOSING ALL THE DRAPES WHILE SIRENS BLARED HIS EYES WERE DARK HAUNTING YES SHERIDAN ROAD WAS ON FIRE MIXED EMOTIONS COMPLETELY PERHAPS IT WAS CORRUPTION HIRED HIM ALL THIS TIME TO FRAME CIRO GARGANO FOR ANOTHER FIRE HiENCE FRAME ME FOR AN ARSON MURDER 9 VICTIM GONE DARK EITHER WAY SCARY BECAUSE I WAS THREATENED ABOUT THAT FIRE WHY
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