CHICAGO CALAMITIES: Disaster in the Windy City

The story of Chicago is often likened to that of a phoenix rising out of the ashes of the Great Fire, yet that infamous event was only part of the destruction that has shaped Chicago's identity. Discover the narrative of calamities that have befallen the Windy City: the 1954 killer water surge, the 1967 tornado, the 1886 Haymarket Square riot and many other acts of nature and human folly.