CHICAGO — A firefighter died Wednesday battling a Gold Coast blaze, marking the Chicago Fire Department’s second line-of-duty death in just two days.
Lt. Jan Tchoryk, 55, died as he led a ladder crew trying to put out a high-rise fire. Two other firefighters were injured, the Fire Department said.
“To have two go down this way, back-to-back, it’s very hard on the members. It’s very hard on command. It’s just very hard,” CFD spokesman Larry Langford said.
