{"id":149670,"date":"2025-08-16T05:04:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T05:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/149670\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T05:04:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T05:04:19","slug":"2025-chicago-air-and-water-show-residents-of-east-lakeview-condo-buildings-say-windows-shattered-during-thunderbirds-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/149670\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Chicago Air and Water Show: Residents of East Lakeview condo buildings say windows shattered during Thunderbirds practice"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHICAGO (WLS) — North Side residents say some of the windows at multiple condo buildings were shattered Friday morning during Air and Water show<\/a> rehearsals.<\/p>\n

Residents said the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds jets were flying low over the lakefront, and they heard a loud noise at the same time the glass shattered.<\/p>\n

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Chicago police said a 311 report was made about 10:20 a.m., that four front lobby windows of a residential building had shattered in the 3100-block of North DuSable Lake Shore Drive in East Lakeview.<\/p>\n

The lakefront high-rise spent much of the day cleaning up as shards of broken glass littered the lobby area after an apparent flyover literally shook the building.<\/p>\n

“You felt it. I actually felt it in my body,” resident James Baran said.<\/p>\n

Baran, a building board member, was in his unit at 3180 North DuSable Lake Shore Drive as the Thunderbirds were rehearsing for this weekend’s Air and Water Show.<\/p>\n

“Out of nowhere, just boom!” Baran said. “And the glass actually flexed right next to my face. I was about a foot from the window.”<\/p>\n

The upper-floor windows are made of safety glass, but down in the lobby, three-plate glass windows had shattered.<\/p>\n

“It was a group of white jets going by at the time, and one split off as they usually do and flew directly over our building,” resident Steven Cosgrove said. “Immediately afterward, I heard a colossal kaboom.”<\/p>\n

People downstairs were shaken, but thankfully no one was hurt.<\/p>\n

“I would say the pilot probably goosed the throttle a little more than he should have and went supersonic briefly,” Cosgrove said.<\/p>\n

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About a mile north, there was a similar story at a building near Lake Shore and Irving Park.<\/p>\n

An email sent to residents said windows were broken twice, once in the morning and again mid-afternoon.<\/p>\n

It happened around the time the Thunderbirds took to the skies again along the lakefront.<\/p>\n

The management at both high-rises have contacted police and the local alderman.<\/p>\n

Damage at both buildings is estimated in the tens of thousands of dollars.<\/p>\n

An Air Force spokesperson shared the following statement with ABC7:<\/strong>
“On Aug. 15, the United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, known as the Thunderbirds, conducted their standard practice demonstration in advance of the airshow. A thorough review of the practice determined the Thunderbird jets did not go supersonic at any point during the demonstration.”<\/p>\n

A message left by ABC7 for the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events was not returned.<\/p>\n

The Federal Aviation Administration said it was not involved in the incident.<\/p>\n

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