For the second time this week, the Chicago Fire Department will say goodbye to one of their own.
Pelt, a father of two who recently celebrated his 49th birthday, had been a member of the department since 2005. He had worked in the city's Roseland community for his entire career, according to"He just walked his daughter down the aisle for her wedding and she's on a honeymoon right now," Nance-Holt said last week through tears.Sign up for NBC Chicago newsletters.
Pelt, who in addition to working as a firefighter was a Registered Nurse and a paramedic, died last Tuesday while battling a multi-alarm blaze in Chicago's West Pullman neighborhood. According to authorities, he was manning a hose in one of the buildings when"conditions worsened." All firefighters were ordered out of the building, but Pelt"went down" just as that order was being issued, Nance-Holt said.
"Despite our best efforts -- our firefighters and paramedics, they worked feverishly on Jermaine doing CPR all the way from the scene to Christ Hospital -- he passed away," she said through tears.
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