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while responding to a fire while climbing the stairs to fight a fire on the 27th floor of a Gold Coast apartment building on April 5, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.
His official cause of death was hypertensive-arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, officials said. "He was making his way up to the fire floor, they had to take the stairs because the elevators were out, and then he went down," said"He was with his crews when he did, a mayday was called for help. The crews then started treating him right away by doing CPR on the scene and got them back to the lobby where they continued and ambulance 66 took him and they continued CPR to the hospital along with members ... despite their best efforts he succumbed to his injuries.
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