Our Lady of Angels firefighter

RICHARD SCHEIDT - 1928-2009

Richard Scheidt, the Chicago firefighter who cradled a lifeless boy in an iconic photograph from the 1958 fire that swept through Our Lady of the Angels School, has died.

"Here was a true hero," said Bill Kugelman, former president of the Chicago firefighters union, who worked on a downtown squad with Mr. Scheidt. "Here was a true servant to the city of Chicago, a guy with heart and a guy who really did his job and lived for the Fire Department."

Surrounded by family and friends, Mr. Scheidt died Monday at his home in Oak Lawn, a day after he was released from a monthlong stay at Advocate Christ Medical Center, relatives …