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VIDEO: Chicago Firefighters Search For Trapped Comrades

Sad news from Chicago:

"Two firefighters died after a wall collapsed during a three-alarm fire at an abandoned South Side commercial building this morning, authorities said. Fourteen other firefighters were injured, including two who were trapped with the ones who died." (Via ChicagoBreakingNews.com)

This WGN-TV video gives a sense of the urgency with which firefighters searched for their comrades:

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