Chicago Tribune
3 months agoHighland Park recreation director fired while on leave for parade shooting PTSD; ' I don't want this to ever happen to anybody again'
A recreation director was fired by the Park District of Highland Park while on leave for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) he experienced after a mass shooting during the suburb's Fourth of July Parade.
Chris Maliszewski, the director of recreation, was co-chair of the parade and was one of the first employees to arrive at work that morning. He spent the day helping to locate and reunite sheltering Park District employees with their families as well as informing the community about the threat. [ more ]