Illinois State Fair's fire display combines fun, grief of Sept.

Sunday, August 10, 2003

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Diana Gisinger stepped forward, quietly, to touch the twisted metal. She ran her hand across the scarred red paint and then moved back, pain evident on her face.

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