An African American woman named Pamela Robinson had died in 1993 in a fire at the Paxton Hotel in Chicago—she had jumped out a window while the building burned. At least 15 people died and another 30 were injured Tuesday in an early morning fire that raced up stairways in a hotel for transients that housed about 130 people near this city's downtown. Her Internet digging eventually brought her to an article about a fire that devastated Chicago's Paxton Hotel, and claimed the lives of 19 people in 1993. Erika found an old news story about a woman called Pamela Robinson who died when the Paxton Hotel in Chicago caught light in 1993. Tragedy: Pamela Robinson died in a house fire in Chicago in 1993.
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Retired Battalion Chief Ray Hoff, Chicago Fire Department, nationally known Fire Instructor and former Chief of the Topinabee (Michigan) VFD very sadly passed away today. More information will be posted on our home page as it becomes available.
The very much loved and popular Ray was a field instructor for the Illinois Fire Service Institute, is a veteran FDIC Instructor as well as being an independent instructor who absolutely loved teaching. Ray is a third generation Firefighter and is the Brother of Chicago Fire Commissioner Bob Hoff.
Those who had the opportunity to be involved in any of his classes and programs not only gained a wealth of knowledge, but was treated to the entertainment of the absolute 'best of the best' Chicago FD war stories. Ray spent over 40 years on the fire line and retired from the Chicago Fire Department as a Battalion Chief of the 4th Battalion. The movie Backdraft was loosely based on Ray and Bobby whose father, Chief Thomas Hoff died in the Line of Duty.
Ray, as many will remember, was the first due Truck Company Officer at the infamous PAXTON HOTEL fire that killed over 20 people*
Our condolences to the Hoff Family as well as all of Ray's family and friends throughout the world on the loss of a great guy who absolutely made a difference to so many. Rest In Peace.
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The Secret List 3-15-11 / 2158 Hours
A five-year-old from Ohio has vivid recollections of being killed in a fire as a 30-year-old woman. From the age of two, Luke Ruehlman from Cincinnati, Ohio has given strong indications that he remembers his previous life as a young black woman from Chicago named Pam who perished after she jumped from a burning building.
An African American woman named Pamela Robinson had died in 1993 in a fire at the Paxton Hotel in Chicago—she had jumped out a window while the building burned. At least 15 people died and another 30 were injured Tuesday in an early morning fire that raced up stairways in a hotel for transients that housed about 130 people near this city's downtown. Her Internet digging eventually brought her to an article about a fire that devastated Chicago's Paxton Hotel, and claimed the lives of 19 people in 1993. Erika found an old news story about a woman called Pamela Robinson who died when the Paxton Hotel in Chicago caught light in 1993. Tragedy: Pamela Robinson died in a house fire in Chicago in 1993.
The Secret List www.FireFighterCloseCalls.com
Retired Battalion Chief Ray Hoff, Chicago Fire Department, nationally known Fire Instructor and former Chief of the Topinabee (Michigan) VFD very sadly passed away today. More information will be posted on our home page as it becomes available.
The very much loved and popular Ray was a field instructor for the Illinois Fire Service Institute, is a veteran FDIC Instructor as well as being an independent instructor who absolutely loved teaching. Ray is a third generation Firefighter and is the Brother of Chicago Fire Commissioner Bob Hoff.
Those who had the opportunity to be involved in any of his classes and programs not only gained a wealth of knowledge, but was treated to the entertainment of the absolute 'best of the best' Chicago FD war stories. Ray spent over 40 years on the fire line and retired from the Chicago Fire Department as a Battalion Chief of the 4th Battalion. The movie Backdraft was loosely based on Ray and Bobby whose father, Chief Thomas Hoff died in the Line of Duty.
Ray, as many will remember, was the first due Truck Company Officer at the infamous PAXTON HOTEL fire that killed over 20 people*
Our condolences to the Hoff Family as well as all of Ray's family and friends throughout the world on the loss of a great guy who absolutely made a difference to so many. Rest In Peace.
Paxton Hotel Fire
BillyG
The Secret List 3-15-11 / 2158 Hours
A five-year-old from Ohio has vivid recollections of being killed in a fire as a 30-year-old woman. From the age of two, Luke Ruehlman from Cincinnati, Ohio has given strong indications that he remembers his previous life as a young black woman from Chicago named Pam who perished after she jumped from a burning building.
According to his parents he would often make references to being this woman by stating things such as 'when I was a girl, I had black hair' or 'I used to have earrings like that when I was a girl.' Luke even claims to remember the moment that his previous life ended and recalls the actual reincarnation process in which he was 'pushed back down' to Earth as a newborn baby.
Incredibly, an investigation revealed that a woman named Pamela Robinson who lived in Chicago had actually died following a fire at the Paxton Hotel back in 1993, just as Luke had described. The boy's case was investigated as part of a documentary entitled 'The Ghost Inside My Child' in which an investigation team showed Luke a collection of images of women who were around the same age as Pamela, as well as one of her, and asked him if he was able to point her out.
To their amazement he was able to successfully pick out the correct photograph.
‘When I woke up, I was a baby and you named me Luke': Mom claims her five-year- old son remembers his past life as a Chicago woman who died in a house fire
- Luke Ruehlman, from Cincinnati, Ohio, made claims about his past life
- Mother says he ‘remembered' being Pam, 30, before he was born
- Later pieced together than he was referring to real woman from Chicago
- Pamela Robinson died when the Paxton Hotel caught fire in 1993
- Said he recalls meeting God and being ‘pushed back down' as baby boy
- According to his mother, Luke's story can be verified by the facts
Though the recollections have since stopped, Luke's mother Erika told local station Fox8 how from the age of two Ruehlman would make references to his apparent alter ego.
At first, she said, he would simply name things Pam and seemed fixated with the name. Later, she said, he would start making references to his apparent past life as a female.
She said: ‘He used to say: 'When I was a girl, I had black hair'� or he would say, 'I used to have earrings like that when I was a girl.'‘
She added that when confronted about who Pam could be, he said that he in fact used to be her, and said he remembered a bizarre process of reincarnation when he was ‘pushed back down' to earth as a newborn.
He said: ‘Well, I used to be [Pam], but I died. I went up to heaven, and I saw God, and he pushed me back down and when I woke up, I was a baby and you named me Luke.'According to Erika, her son's claims were supported by facts he could not possibly have learned by himself.
After revealing that in his ‘former life' as Pam he lived in Chicago, Erika found an old news story which mentioned a Pamela Robinson, who died when the Paxton Hotel in the city caught light in 1993.
An investigation by a paranormal investigations TV show also claimed to prove the veracity of Luke's story.
In footage for the show The Ghost Inside My Child, Luke was shown a page full of pictures of black women in their 30s, only one of which was the dead Pamela Robinson.
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When asked to pick out Pamela, the footage claims, he chose the right picture.Paxton Hotel Fire 1993
It was enough to convince Erika, who reached out to Robinson's family and said they told her more about her personality which seemed to match Luke.
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As examples, Erika said her son loves Stevie Wonder, as did Robinson, and also shares an enthusiasm for playing the keyboard, though her boy's was a children's version.
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When contacted by Fox8, however, they declined to comment.
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