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Lawonda Billingsley leans against the counter at Respond Now, a place needy people go for help, with her daughter Chelsea while waiting to see a counselor about getting money for an apartment. She was going to be evicted soon and needed help. She had never asked for assistance before.

Elisha Pahnke with her baby, Dean, at the funeral for her husband, Shawn Pahnke, who was killed while serving in Iraq.

Nick Bilotta holds his father Paul's hand while walking during the annual St. Jude Memorial March for policeman who died in the line of duty.

Police investigate cars in the lot near the shooting at the Lane Bryant Store at the Brookside Shopping center in Tinley Park, Il on Saturday February 2, 2008. 

A man snowshoes by cars stuck in the northbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive near North Avenue after they were trapped by snow in Chicago, IL on Wednesday February 2, 2011.

 Malcolm Johnson listen as a drill instructor singles him out in his barracks at the Cook County Sheriff's Boot Camp near 26th and California in Chicago, IL on Tuesday August 18, 2009.

Ryan Bizahaloni hugs his son Nolan while he and other members of Company E 4th Reconnaissance Battalion leave the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Center at 2711 McDonough St. in Joliet, Il on Friday April 15, 2011. They are headed to Afghanistan  

Linda Broadnax, Tinley Park, wipes her eyes as President Barack Obama was sworn into office while watching the inauguration ceremony at Sonoma Coffee Cafe in Evergreen Park, IL on Tuesday January 20, 2009. 

Else Gonzalez, left, wife of new Mayor David Gonzalez, looks on as Wanda Rodgers cried while being hugged by Abdallah Abuzer after she was elected 3rd-Ward alderman of Chicago Heights, during an election night party at Club Reflections in Chicago Heights, IL on Tuesday April 5, 2011.

A homeowner in Oakfield, Wisconsin keeps guard over the remnants of his home after an F5 tornado virtually destroyed the town on July 16, 1996

U.S. Army Specialists Michael Kopecky, right, and Jason Cavanaugh, left,  Chicago, pause near the grave marker of Andrew Meari(Plainfield) after Memorial Day services during the 12th Annual Memorial Day Ceremony at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, IL on Monday May 29, 2011. Meari was their best friend while they served in Afghanistan before he got killed.