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“The story of the blizzard is one of delay, despair, destruction and death. It is also a story of patience, courage, neighborliness and heroism. All forms of transportation were hopelessly snarled, travelers were stranded for hours, roofs collapsed from the weight of snow and people died from shock and exposure.” Chicago Tribune, Jan. 28, 1967 Share quote & link
Kusma, who reads all the safety data before offering guidance to parents, said she was very reassured that, for example, officials did not bring out the vaccine for children right away. “That gave me good reassurance that they’re doing all the necessary steps,” she said.
Rabbi Baruch Hertz with Congregation B’nei Ruven speaks at a press conference held at the synagogue in Chicago, Feb. 1, 2022, regarding a hate crime that occurred there Tuesday morning as well as other recent incidents in the area. (Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune)
Angela Osorio, a mother of three from Colombia who lives Cicero, finishes speaking about her experience being detained in jail, Feb. 1, 2022, during a rally outside the ICE Chicago field office to demand detainees being held at the McHenry and Kankakee county jails be released. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
“We have to talk about them on an individual basis, it depends on who was working on the cases, the time period we’re looking at, the sufficiency of the evidence, or other evidence,” she said. “It is a process that has been painfully slow but one that we believe must be done meticulously.”
Still, residents of northern Illinois and northwest Indiana may want to prepare for the incoming storm in other ways, including making any last-minute trips to the store for supplies. The storm is expected to begin to taper off by the early hours on Thursday, forecasters said — before a second round of snow falls during the day Thursday.
Like Kramer, people who feel ill and get a negative result on an at-home test should take the tests repeatedly, as often as daily, depending on the specific test’s instructions and if they have enough tests on-hand, Landon said. If there is only one at-home test available, wait until the second or third day of symptoms to test, and if the test is negative, get a PCR test, she said.
Blobaum, who was prosecuted under her maiden name, Amy Shemberger, spent her early years in Cicero, where she began what she said was a long and troubled relationship with her boyfriend, Peter Kucinski. They had a son after Blobaum graduated from college, and in time shared a substance abuse problem, too.
Howard said other major pieces to tackling homelessness during the winter and pandemic are creating pathways to stable or long-term housing, constant outreach to the homeless population, which includes distributing hats, gloves, hand warmers and more, and making sure to provide protective gear and other necessary supplies to shelters.
“That was a very difficult and fraught time in our city and I think that many people carry the trauma of that moment and others like it with them to this very day,” Lightfoot said. “What I will also say is, looking back on that time right before Thanksgiving of 2015 when the video was first released, there were some things that I think helped our city move forward that came out … not the least of which I think is the level of activism across our city, many young people, many people of different generations, let their voices be heard and demanded change and there has been some change. Not enough. Not enough by any stretch of the imagination but I think some significant things have happened and continue to happen that we need to take stock of in light of this moment.”