FUNERALS TAKE PLACE FOR SIX CHILDREN KILLED IN APARTMENT FIRE IN CHICAGO
Chicago Firefighters watch as pall bearers carry out the caskets of six children killed in an apartment fire after funeral services at St. Jerome Catholic church in Chicago on September 13, 2006. On September 3, siblings Vanessa Ramirez, Erick Ramirez, Suzette Ramirez, Idaly Ramirez and Kevin Ramirez and a sixth child, Escarlet Ramos, were killed when their apartment caught fire. The children ranged in age from three to 14 years old. (UPI Photo/Brian Kersey)
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