Our Lady of the Angels (OLA) School Fire, December 1, 1958

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User Name:	sharon
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Registered:	02/11/2004 11:35
Last Login:	12/16/2006 13:57
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OLA Survivor or Alumnus?	No
Born Before 12/1/58?	Yes
Enrolled at OLA on 12/1/58?	No
About me:	I lived in rural Palos Heights (a suburb of Chicago) and I was a "public" with only 15 kids in my first grade. There were zero Catholic schools in Palos at that time and I didn't know anyone who went to one. I vividly remember watching the aerial black and white images of the smokey school on Channel 9. OLA and Chicago seemed a whole world and lifetime away from where I lived, but I remember the sadness I felt that day. I remember.....
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