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Citizens unsuccessfully attempt to reach ducklings trapped in a storm sewer about 10 feet underground on Sunday, May 17, 2026 (Provided Photo)

Storm Sewers Can Be Dangerous; Why Arlington Heights Should Not Have Ducked Out of 911 Call to Help Ducklings

Tue May 19, 2026 02:44 pm Cardinal News

Today CARDINAL NEWS presents some progressive clarification of yesterday’s article about the failure of the Village of Arlington Heights to respond to a call to rescue ducklings from a storm sewer near Wilke Road and […]

Cargo Ship Rescue for Victim Injured in Rough Slide into Deep Cargo Hold of a Large Cargo Ship ‘Algoma Conveyor’ Moored in Calumet River, Chicago

Tue Feb 25, 2020 10:13 pm Cardinal News

Cargo ship rescue by Chicago Fire Department ‘Special Operations’ of an injured crew member in belly of ship ‘Algoma Conveyor’ carrying salt in Chicago’s Calumet River. Police and firefighter/paramedics from Chicago responded about 1:35 p.m. […]

Why It’s Dangerous to Explore an Underground Drainage Sewer

Fri May 26, 2017 08:08 pm Cardinal News

VIDEO: Arlington Heights firefighters search for kids walking underground in a storm drainage sewer from approximately Camelot Park to Riley School (600-800 feet laterally underground). Three children are lucky to have escaped an underground excursion […]

Firefighters Search for Kids in a Sewer Between Dryden and Hintz and Camelot Park, Arlington Heights

Fri May 26, 2017 04:14 pm Cardinal News

VIDEO: Arlington Heights firefighters search for kids walking underground in a storm drainage sewer from approximately Camelot Park to Riley School (600-800 feet laterally underground). Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 2:21 p.m. Friday, […]

Raging Buffalo Snow Board Park Accident: Teen’s Arm Trapped in Conveyor Lift Gear, Rescued Airlifted in Algonquin

Mon Mar 3, 2014 03:33 am Cardinal News

Algonquin-Lake in the Hills firefighter/paramedics responded about 1:47 p.m. Sunday to a report of a teen trapped in a ski lift conveyor gear at Raging Buffalo Park, 19N475 Route 31 in Dundee. Firefighters on the […]

Nicholas Wieme Dies After Falling Into Smokestack on Intercontinental Hotel — 42 Stories Up

Thu Dec 13, 2012 01:06 pm Cardinal News

VIDEO: Scene at 505 North Michigan Avenue while firefighters worked to free Nicholas Wieme from a smokestack. Chicago firefighters made sure Nicholas Wieme, 23 didn’t fall any further down the 42-story full length of a […]

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