CHICAGO — Services have been finalized for two Chicago firefighters whose separate back-to-back line of duty deaths early this week rocked the city, according to the fire department.
Lt. Jan Tchoryk, 55, died Wednesday in a Gold Coast fire, and firefighter Jermaine Pelt, 49, died Tuesday during a West Pullman blaze.
Pelt, known as a pillar of the West Pullman community and Tchoryk, who had a smile on his face “most of the time,” were more like brothers to those who worked alongside them.
