Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Sept. 11, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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3 Sept. 11 victims’ remains are newly identified, nearly 24 years later
Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )
High temperature: 95 degrees (1952)
Low temperature: 42 degrees (1993)
Precipitation: 2.37 inches (2000)
Snowfall: None
1924: A caravan of vehicles transported friends Nathan “Babe” Leopold Jr. and Richard “Dickie” Loeb — who killed Robert “Bobby” Franks after they offered him a ride home from school — to Joliet where they would become convicts No. 9305 and No. 9306 in Illinois’ penal system.
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Leopold and Loeb
The pair were greeted by a mob of rep