St. Laurence High School - The Dugout Incident on NBC5 and CBS2 - 6/24/09

""Part of a high school dugout in Burbank was toppled and a water tower on the West Side was struck by lightning as the sweltering heat spawned thunderstorms in the Chicago area.

A microburst is believed responsible for taking off part of the roof of the baseball dugout at St.Laurence High School, 5556 W. 77th Street in Burbank.

A baseball player and a coach suffered scrapes and bruises and were treated at the scene, according to Burbank Police Capt. Tim Klein. "" (www.chicagobreakingnews.com)

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(WGN AM Radio) A dugout roof at the baseball field in St. Laurence High School in Burbank has collapsed injuring coach and a player on Wednesday, June 24, 2009. The game was cancelled due to weather.

John Samansky, a 42-year-old Chicago firefighter, was watching his son play baseball at St. Laurence High School in south suburban Burbank Wednesday afternoon when the weather turned suddenly and a wind shear tore off the roof of the dugout.

Part of roof landed on baseball coach Adam Lotus, who was outside the dugout when the winds picked up, and pinned him to the ground.

Samansky quickly rallied other players and parents and they lifted the roof off Lotus, who was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn with minor injuries, police said.

"We were able to get the corner of the roof off of him, and we got him to the concession area, where the emergency medical technicians took over," Samansky said.

Samansky's son, Tom, had taken shelter inside the dugout with other players when he said the third of three wind gusts flipped the heavy, wooden roof off the cinder-block dugout. The roof landed top-side on the ground about 20 feet behind the dugout, but the walls of the structure were left standing. "It happened in less than five seconds," he said of the microburst. "It came out of nowhere."

The winds also apparently knocked some trees down near the school, at 5556 W. 77th St.

(The Chicago Tribune contributed to this story)

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[Irish8594]

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[robert10697]

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[wjbonkerz]

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[alexboy52]

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[alexboy52]

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[dtopper34]

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