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More Than 1,000 Birds Injured Or Killed In Chicago-Area Building Collisions Over Weekend
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
4
First seen
Oct 19, 7:41 AM CDT
updated Oct 19, 7:50 PM CDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by WFLD, WLS-TV and 2 others, not yet confirmed.
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
More than 1,000 birds injured or killed in Chicago-area building collisions over weekend · WFLDOct 19, 7:41 AM CDT
More than 1,000 birds hurt or killed in building collisions in Chicago this weekend · WLS-TVOct 19, 4:02 PM CDT
Over 1,000 birds hurt, killed after hitting Chicago buildings over weekend · Chicago Sun-TimesOct 19, 6:32 PM CDT
More than 1,000 birds injured or killed in Chicago building collisions over weekend · WGN-TV · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 19, 7:50 PM CDT
How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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How We Decided
Oct 19, 8:33 AM CDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 19, 2:59 PM CDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.