'All heat-related deaths are preventable' but in the Chicago area 16 died from heat this summer
Sixteen people died from heat-related causes in the Chicago area this summer. Among the victims was 46-year-old David Sopys, who died on July 1.
Tanja Sopys waited for her brother, David, to arrive at her South Side home in early July.Instead, a Chicago Transit Authority worker rang her doorbell after finding her brother’s medications left behind on a bus.“My wife takes that, so I know how important it is,” the worker could be heard saying in her home security video. David Sopys, 46, died due to extreme heat this summer in Chicago.Provided It would be days before Tanja Sopys would learn her brother died that same day — July 1. She…
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