On Thursday, CBS 2's Noel Brennan talked with those who will never forget.
The solemn routine takes place in Palatine year after year – a march to a memorial marks the day Palatine changed.
The fire at the Ben Franklin variety store called in Palatine's volunteer firefighters – like Warren"Auggie" Ahlgrim. Auggie Alghrim waws the father of two kids. He, Richard Freeman, and John Wilson left that day 50 years ago – and never came home.Palatine fire officials explained at the ceremony that the fire had been burning in the walls and in the ceiling of the store for some time - and it erupted quickly. The firefighters were overwhelmed, and it became impossible for them to escape the basement."It was just a shock," Tobin said.
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