About a month ago, attorney Bob Hanaford went through an old storage unit he had in Fox River Grove and cleaned out thousands of reports, newspaper clippings and exhibits he had from representing seven teen survivors in years-long lawsuits from the fatal train and bus crash that happened in 1995.

[ See more photos: Remembering the Fox River Grove bus-train crash 30 years later ]

Saturday marks the 30th anniversary of the day a Metra express train struck a school bus in the heart of the village, killing seven teens and injuring many more – devastating the tight-knit community and thrusting it into the national spotlight.

[ See the Northwest Herald's coverage from the day of the crash ]

Hanford, who was also Fox River Grove trustee at the time, saw the scene about a half-ho

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