Sammy Vega is a career firefighter with the Calumet City, IL, Fire Department. He has been with the department since 2005. Vega is a line engineer and serves as the department’s training officer. He ...

CHICAGO -- For better and worse, Sam Vega couldn't stop looking back. Let down by a mother with destructive habits, a father he never knew and the grandmother who moved him to Chicago, Vega struck out ...

For better and worse, Sam Vega couldn’t stop looking back. Let down by a mother with destructive habits, a father he never knew and the grandmother who moved him to Chicago, Vega struck out on his own ...