Please see attached press release about the Village of Palatine’s Line of Duty Death Memorial on Sunday October 1st , 2023. On this date 77 years ago, Firefighters Wesley Comfort, Jr. and Leonard Nebel were struck by a train at Brockway Street as they responded from the Slade Street Fire Station for the report of a house fire. The Palatine Fire Department will hold a ceremony at the Palatine Firefighter’s Memorial at the corner of N. Brockway Street and W. Slade Street in downtown Palatine at approximately 9:00 AM. Please help us remember the lives lost on this tragic day.
