At 1:25 a.m., police were called to the Aragon Ballroom in Uptown, 1106 West Lawrence, after a man overdosed.
According to police, they responded to several overdose calls at the Aragon, this morning.
The man was taken to Weiss Memorial Hospital, where he later died.
At 7:48 a.m., police were at Weiss interviewing the decedent’s friends and family members; who may have been in attendance at the gathering at the Aragon.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the man's family and friends.
I saw this guy last night getting carried down the stairs by EMT on a stretcher. That is just awful.
ReplyDeleteWhen I learned he died, it compounded the sense of sadness I was already feeling, due to all the bad news this weekend. This has been a very sad Halloween.
ReplyDeleteThis is horrible :(
ReplyDeleteTimothy, I'm so sorry you had a bad Halloween. Me too. This man who died was my 22 year old son Michael. He and 7 others were visiting Chicago to see the Bassnecter show. He apparently, along with the 7 others (2 of which were his brothers and 1 was his fiancee) took MOLLY a form of ecstasy, MDMA. They thought it was safe. All over the internet sites tote how safe it is. But my son died. I got that heart wrenching phone call in the early morning hours that every mother dreads. And I had to immediately find a flight to Chicago. He died before I got there. He had renal failure, his core temperature was 108 degrees, his heart eventually stopped. I will miss my son forever and my heart will always be broken I fear. He loved chicago and planned on attending grad school there.
ReplyDeleteTimothy I also wanted to thank you for the report. You filled in some timelines that I was missing. i'm still trying to make sense of Michael's death. My name is Susan.
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My deepest sorrow to you Susan, this is not the first loss at The Aragon. Back in August another young man overdosed there, I was there. I ended up leaving the venue due to being too hot and missed a good portion of my favorite band in order to have fresh air and cool off. Before I left, I saw people dropping out, some not even due to drugs. It is a VERY hot venue, does not provide ANY ventilation and does not have readily available sources of water. The boy who passed in August also consumed drugs, but I feel the Aragon is the WORST possible place to consume anything, not even alcohol due to dehydration, inadequite ventilation and over heating. The Aragon is a horrible venue and should be shut down. I messaged my favorite band that they should NEVER play there again following the death in August. Lorin is a really good guy who actually addressed this issue instead of ignoring like my favorite band did. I can't imagine your loss, I am the mother of two boys myself. My deepest condolences, Cora
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