Johnson lives in Austin, but said his home did not have any significant damage. He pledged to help victims of flooding recover.
"You don't think about it every single day, but the memories that exist within our basements – where families gather, pictures are stored, where children play," Johnson said."Basements in Chicago are as Chicago as everything else."
City leaders said they received more than 2,000 calls about water in basements through the 3-1-1 non-emergency service line, many of them in the Austin neighborhood. Johnson lives in Austin, but said his home did not have any significant damage. He pledged to help victims of flooding recover, and said he will call for disaster relief funding from the state and federal government.
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