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Night shift life across Chicago suburbs reveals round-the-clock work
Awake officers patrol South Holland and Tinley Park while ER staff at Christ Hospital Oak Lawn embrace the night. Dispatchers, veterinarians, hotel clerks, and store workers describe the 3 a.m. hours as busy, constant, and oddly communal with late buyers, shifts, and prayers shaping the overnight rhythm.
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Christ Hospital
Oak Lawn
Mike Blaivas
Nanette Kelley
Clinical Coordiiene
Mary Kaufman
Christ’s ER
Chicago
Julie Kawohl
God
Holy Family Chapel
St. George Church
Tinley Park
Christ
Jim Kosiba
Btarling Bosco
Elvis Presley
Lori Grutzius
South Holland
Margarita Montiveno
Olympic Star