Marking sixty years since the Our Lady of the Angels school fire on December 1, 1958, the author presents some of the survivors' stories in their own words, drawn from interviews that he recorded more than forty years ago and now accompanied by images from that day as well as floorplans of some of the school's second floor. The author also considers questions surrounding the fire's origin and who might be responsible

Room 212 -- Room 209 -- Room 211 -- Room 210 -- Room 208 -- Room 207 -- Engine Company 85 -- Truck Company 35 -- Truck Company 36 -- Engine Company 43 -- Fire Commissioner Robert J. Quinn -- Picture seen around the world -- Heroic woman next door -- "Mister Morning Chicago Radio" and the tragedy -- A dwindling number of heroes -- Epilogue -- Some history of Chicago school fires