Monday, August 17, 2009

Firefighter Honored 23 years after

August 16, 2009 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- A Chicago firefighter who was killed battling a hotel fire in January of 1986 was honored Sunday.

Lt. Edmund Coglianese died Super Bowl Sunday 1986, the day the Chicago Bears won it all. However, Sunday, his widow accepted a sculpture and was thanked for the work she' has done for fallen firefighters.

The ceremony marked a moment the firefighter's widow, Eileen Coglianese, had decided would never come.

"It kind of blew me away. I was like, 'Oh my gosh,'" she told ABC7 Chicago.





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