Marvin Cox, community outreach director with the Metropolitan Action Commission, takes a window air conditioner from a shelf to give out on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. As temperatures reach into the upper 90s, the Metro Action Commission is offering free window AC units to seniors, families with young children and people with medical conditions. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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In July of 1995, a suffocating heat wave blanketed Chicago.
Longtime resident Rachel Scheu remembers coming home from work.
Scheu: “And just laying on the floor of the one room that had the air conditioner.”
