Chicago Tribune reporter Bob Wiedrich presents a view almost too horrible to read. Anguished parents and young school-age victims of the blaze recall a moment in time never to be forgotten. Each reflection in this book gives the reader a fresh piece of truth. Even fifty years after the disaster, we remain in shock and pain at the terrible loss of life at Our Lady of the Angels. An unforgettable read., The assemblage of all the disparate bits of the story in Remembrances makes for a heartbreaking montage of sorrow, horror, acceptance, regret and anger-and for a page-turner of a book., Remembrances of the Angels is a heartbreaking, sobering reflection on life and loss, faith and hope. This book honors not only those who died and were seriously injured, but it will save lives in the future. No one who reads this book will ever forget what happened that bright, cold, tragic day fifty years ago. Now John Kuenster, to mark the 50th anniversary of this tragedy, has followed up his earlier masterpiece investigation of the fire, To Sleep with the Angels, with a new volume of remarkable eyewitness recollections. In the aftermath of the Our Lady of the Angels School fire of December 1, 1958, many survivors and their families were told to forget the tragedy and go about their lives.
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