CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Several police officers were taken to hospitals Thursday after suffering possible heat stroke during the funeral of Chicago Police Officer Ella French.
Four police officers and a teenager standing outside the church in direct sunlight were overcome by the heat, Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said. They were all expected to recover.
“This is probably the largest police funeral I’ve seen in many years, and many officers were outside in direct sunlight in full dress uniform,” Langford said.
The city sent several cooling buses and was passing out bottles of water, he said.
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