{"id":731977,"date":"2026-04-16T11:19:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/731977\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T11:19:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:19:23","slug":"photo-tribute-shows-fallen-firefighters-newborn-in-his-helmet-nbc-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/731977\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo tribute shows fallen firefighter\u2019s newborn in his helmet \u2013 NBC Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An emotional photo series honored fallen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/chicago-firefighter-dies-hours-after-being-injured-in-north-side-fire\/3909253\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago firefighter Michael Altman<\/a> as his newborn daughter, who was born <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/funeral-for-chicago-firefighter-rescheduled-for-this-week-after-widow-gives-birth\/3915460\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">one day before his funeral<\/a>, sat wrapped in his gear.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn Rose was born late last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/chicago-firefighter-dies-hours-after-being-injured-in-north-side-fire\/3909253\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">one week after her father&#8217;s tragic death<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a series published on social media by Real Life Moment Photography, the infant is seen both laying on Altman&#8217;s firefighter jacket and sitting in his helmet. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Wrapped in her father\u2019s bravery. Resting in his legacy. Loved beyond this life,&#8221; the caption read. <\/p>\n<p>Altman, 32, was critically injured March 16 while fighting a blaze in the city\u2019s Rogers Park neighborhood. According to officials, Altman fell through a floor and was pulled from the building. He later died at an area hospital.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Michael gave everything in service to the people of Chicago, and we will never forget his courage and sacrifice,&#8221; Fire Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt previously said. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/charges-pending-in-connection-with-fire-that-led-to-death-of-firefighter-michael-altman\/3911408\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A 27-year-old man<\/a> has been charged with murder and arson in connection with Altman&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An emotional photo series honored fallen Chicago firefighter Michael Altman as his newborn daughter, who was born one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":731978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5462,5386,1818],"class_list":{"0":"post-731977","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-chicago-news","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-illinois"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116414118038942407","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=731977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}