From CFD Media on Twitter:

Firefighter Juan Bucio Arrangements: Visitation – Sun, June 3rd, 3pm -9pm, @ St. Rita Funeral – Mon, June 4th, Noon, @ St. Rita Full Honors Burial to follow @ Mt. Auburn Cemetery, 4101 S. Oak Park Ave, Stickney, IL

CPD & CFD Honor Guard complete the procession of Firefighter Juan Bucio from the Medical Examiner’s Office to Blake Lamb funeral home.

CFD Media photo

CFD Media photo

CFD Media photo

Excerpts from wgntv.com:

The Chicago Fire Department’s Widows’ and Children’s Assistance Fund announced where donations can be made for Bucio’s family.

The Ende, Menzer, Walsh & Quinn  Retirees’ Widows’ and Children’s Assistance Fund (EMWQ) set up a memorial fund. The organization said 100 percent of proceeds will go to the family. Donations can be made at widowsandchildren.org or any BMO Harris Bank. For more information, visit widowsandchildren.org.

The 100 Club also set up a page for donations. Those wishing to make a donation can visit 100clubchicago.org.  In coming weeks, the 100 Club said it will visit the home of Bucio’s children to speak with their mother about providing educational assistance for the boys.

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Excerpts from nbcchicago.com:

Firefighters were faced with a double emergency Monday night: first, man overboard and then the loss of contact with one of their own. Chicago Fire Department Commissioner Jose Santiago said it happened abruptly.

The results of the rescue diver’s autopsy were listed as pending as of Tuesday night. The possibility of a medical emergency or even the boat striking Bucio have not been ruled out.

Bucio, a father of two young boys, and his fellow divers, were searching for 28-year-old Alberto Lopez. Lopez was last seen on a boat Monday night with his friend on the Chicago River. A frantic call was made to 9111, but now the rescue has become a recovery.

Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:

Chicago Fire Department diver Juan Bucio who died during a rescue attempt on the South Branch of the Chicago River was remembered Tuesday as a devoted father who loved being a firefighter and a member of the marine and dive team. He became separated from his dive partner in the water Monday night while trying to rescue a man who had fallen off a boat into the river near Ashland Avenue.

Bucio, a 15-year veteran who served on the fire department’s dive team for more than a decade, disappeared briefly in the water, was located and then was lifted onto the riverbank. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead about two hours after firefighters received the rescue call.

Fire and police investigators are looking into the details of what happened to Bucio during the rescue attempt.  Two other divers were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition, they were treated and released.

Bucio joined the fire department in 2004. A longtime lifeguard, he had the dive team in his sights and became a member a few years later. He was a strong swimmer who was adept at diving, working on the boats, and from a helicopter.

Nationally, Bucio is the 39th U.S. firefighter to die on duty this year, according to the U.S. Fire Administration. Water rescue- or dive team-related deaths are infrequent but not uncommon. Prior to Bucio’s death, nine firefighters died during water rescues between 2000 and 2017. But the fatalities of firefighters involved in water-related actions, from the searches for bodies to training, are more common.

The last on-duty fatality of a Chicago Fire Department diver was that of Eugene Blackmon, who died while attempting to recover the bodies of two men from the Little Calumet River in May 1998.

Bucio’s death came two days after a diver died while assisting with the recovery of a crashed plane in Ontario, Canada.

There will be a fire department procession when Bucio’s body is transported from the medical examiner’s office to a funeral home.

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