Chicago firefighter who joined the department in October 2003. Mario was assigned to Engine Company Number 102 on North Clark Street in Rogers Park. He worked on Truck 25. He also worked part time for the Rosemont Fire Department since 2015.
Sadly, he was the first Chicago Firefighter to die of complications from COVID-19.∼A veteran Chicago firefighter died from COVID-19 Tuesday night, the department said.
Mario Araujo, 49, joined the Chicago Fire Department in 2003.
Maria Araujo said her son started feeling sick with a fever on March 25 and then went to the hospital a few days later.
"Every day I would call like three times in the morning, in the afternoon and the night to see how he was doing and he say he's OK," she said.
But Tuesday night she got a call saying her son was in respiratory distress and 20 minutes later, he died.
"He was a wonderful kid. He was a very active boy. He helped everybody," Maria Araujo said.
Purple bunting now hangs from his firehouse in the Rogers Park neighborhood where the flags have been lowered to half-staff in his honor.
"We're devastated by this," said CFD 2nd District Deputy District Chief Brian McKermitt. "A lot of times when we have a loss, we know what we're dealing with or how it's affecting us this loss is a little different."
Araujo was assigned to Engine Company Number 102 in the 7300-block of North Clark Street. He worked on Truck 25.
Sadly, he was the first Chicago Firefighter to die of complications from COVID-19.∼A veteran Chicago firefighter died from COVID-19 Tuesday night, the department said.
Mario Araujo, 49, joined the Chicago Fire Department in 2003.
Maria Araujo said her son started feeling sick with a fever on March 25 and then went to the hospital a few days later.
"Every day I would call like three times in the morning, in the afternoon and the night to see how he was doing and he say he's OK," she said.
But Tuesday night she got a call saying her son was in respiratory distress and 20 minutes later, he died.
"He was a wonderful kid. He was a very active boy. He helped everybody," Maria Araujo said.
Purple bunting now hangs from his firehouse in the Rogers Park neighborhood where the flags have been lowered to half-staff in his honor.
"We're devastated by this," said CFD 2nd District Deputy District Chief Brian McKermitt. "A lot of times when we have a loss, we know what we're dealing with or how it's affecting us this loss is a little different."
Araujo was assigned to Engine Company Number 102 in the 7300-block of North Clark Street. He worked on Truck 25.
Chicago firefighter who joined the department in October 2003. Mario was assigned to Engine Company Number 102 on North Clark Street in Rogers Park. He worked on Truck 25. He also worked part time for the Rosemont Fire Department since 2015.
Sadly, he was the first Chicago Firefighter to die of complications from COVID-19.∼A veteran Chicago firefighter died from COVID-19 Tuesday night, the department said.
Mario Araujo, 49, joined the Chicago Fire Department in 2003.
Maria Araujo said her son started feeling sick with a fever on March 25 and then went to the hospital a few days later.
"Every day I would call like three times in the morning, in the afternoon and the night to see how he was doing and he say he's OK," she said.
But Tuesday night she got a call saying her son was in respiratory distress and 20 minutes later, he died.
"He was a wonderful kid. He was a very active boy. He helped everybody," Maria Araujo said.
Purple bunting now hangs from his firehouse in the Rogers Park neighborhood where the flags have been lowered to half-staff in his honor.
"We're devastated by this," said CFD 2nd District Deputy District Chief Brian McKermitt. "A lot of times when we have a loss, we know what we're dealing with or how it's affecting us this loss is a little different."
Araujo was assigned to Engine Company Number 102 in the 7300-block of North Clark Street. He worked on Truck 25.
Sadly, he was the first Chicago Firefighter to die of complications from COVID-19.∼A veteran Chicago firefighter died from COVID-19 Tuesday night, the department said.
Mario Araujo, 49, joined the Chicago Fire Department in 2003.
Maria Araujo said her son started feeling sick with a fever on March 25 and then went to the hospital a few days later.
"Every day I would call like three times in the morning, in the afternoon and the night to see how he was doing and he say he's OK," she said.
But Tuesday night she got a call saying her son was in respiratory distress and 20 minutes later, he died.
"He was a wonderful kid. He was a very active boy. He helped everybody," Maria Araujo said.
Purple bunting now hangs from his firehouse in the Rogers Park neighborhood where the flags have been lowered to half-staff in his honor.
"We're devastated by this," said CFD 2nd District Deputy District Chief Brian McKermitt. "A lot of times when we have a loss, we know what we're dealing with or how it's affecting us this loss is a little different."
Araujo was assigned to Engine Company Number 102 in the 7300-block of North Clark Street. He worked on Truck 25.
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