Today is the anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire. Check out FireFighterCloseCalls.com for more information about the fire and other LODD’s.

LODD’s:

A FDNY firefighter was killed when fire broke through the ceiling and engulfed the apartment he was searching – 1995

History:

October 8, 1918 – During World War I in the Argonne Forest in France, U.S. Sergeant Alvin C. York single-handedly took out a German machine-gun battalion, killing over a dozen and capturing 132. He was later awarded the Medal of Honor and the French Croix de Guerre.