It’s been 68 years since a horrifying fire at Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago took the lives of her brother and 91 other children, along with three nuns, and Linda Maffiola-Piatkiewicz is still processing how the unspeakable tragedy has affected her and her family.
For more than three decades, Maffiola has been singularly dedicated to helping others process their own trauma stemming from the fire on Dec. 1, 1958, endeavoring to organize yearly memorial Masses, events and panels open to the community.
