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‘Our House is On Fire’: Chicago Fire Captain Fights Vaccine Mandate

‘Our House is On Fire’: Chicago Fire Captain Fights Vaccine Mandate
Scott Troogstad stands in front of Engine Company 99 of Chicago Fire Department, on the southwest side of Chicago on Oct. 28, 2021. Cara Ding/The Epoch Times
Cara Ding
Cara Ding
11/8/2021|Updated: 11/8/2021

CHICAGO—To Scott Troogstad, government control over people’s lives has spread like a fire since the pandemic.

Small businesses owners were deprived of livelihood, students could not go to schools, faith believers were forbidden to pray at their churches—and now, that fire has reached his own firehouse.

Cara Ding
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Cara is an Orange County, New York-based Epoch Times reporter. She can be reached at [email protected]
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