Today marks a very sad day in the history of Chicago, the 50th anniversary of the Our Lady of Angels School fire that claimed the lives of 92 children and 3 nuns. It took place December 1, 1958. Today, these kids would have been 67-71 years of age.
THE STORY OF MARK STACHURA
Max Stachura stood helplessly trying to get his nine-year-old son Mark to jump from the window of his burning classroom. He was trying to get his son to jump into his arms, but Mark was too afraid.
His mother Mary arrived at the scene and saw that he was waving a statue of the infant Jesus which they learned later that he had won in a class competition earlier that day.
They had to watch as the other children pushed him back into the flames. His body was later identified by a crumpled up homework paper in his pocket.
The cause of the fire has never been conclusively identified and no one has ever been held accountable for the tragedy.
However, schools across the country now have fire drills because of it.
From the November 29th Chicago Tribune
A very Sad Day.
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