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I did not know John Slater III, one of the victims of the high-rise fire in the Cook County-owned building in the Loop, but there was a bond of sorts. Like he and more than 32,000 others, I, too, ran the Chicago Marathon on Oct. 12.

A few days later, he tragically lost his life.

I feel like I have lost a teammate. I suspect many others in the running community feel the same.