The cause of death has been released for a Chicago firefighter who died after responding to a fire in Chicago's Gold Coast Wednesday morning.
According to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, CFD Lt. Jan Tchoryk, 55, died of hypertensive-arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The ME said he died of natural causes.
At about 8 a.m. Wednesday, a massive fire broke out on the 27th floor of a condo building near Division and DuSable Lake Shore Drive in theBecause the elevators weren't working, firefighters had to carry their gear up a stairwell. That's when Tchoryk collapsed on the 11th floor. "A mayday was called for help," said Chicago Fire Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt. "The crews started treating him right away by doing CPR on the scene and got him back to the lobby where they continued."A Chicago Fire Department lieutenant died battling an extra-alarm blaze in a high-rise building Wednesday morning near the Gold Coast neighborhood — the second firefighter to die in the line of duty this week.
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