Pritzker said he is pursuing additional federal resources for communities hit by Friday's storms.
in Illinois and Indiana Friday, including an EF-1 that caused the fatal roof collapse in Belvidere.
"We're just here kind of paying our respects to the person who passed away and all the injured," said Belvidere resident Hallem Ortiz. "If it wasn't for the fast and coordinated efforts on Friday night, we would have seen a more tragic outcome from events from today," she said. "It happened so quickly there after that, as far as I understand, no one was able to actually get to that shelter in time."
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