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Man, 74, Stricken Helping Children |
Chicago, Dec. 1 - (UPI) - Mrs. Ella Klock wept Monday night as she told how her husband, Ed, 74, ill with a heart condition, suffered a stroke while trying to save children from the burning Our Lady of the Angels School. | “We saw the fire from our back porch. Ed ran over there,” she said. “The children were jumping from second floor windows all over. Ed tried to catch a few, and helped those who already had fallen. One girl, I remember, had her hair on fire and Ed grabbed part of his coat to try to smother it out. | “I remember it was hard for him to stand up.” | After a while, the Klocks ran back to their house and Mrs. Klock dialed the operator and told her to send “all the ambulances in the city.” | “I guess Ed left then, without me and went back to the school to help some more,” Mrs. Klock said. Then she wept. | On his second trip back to the school, Klock suffered a stroke and was taken to the hospital. |
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