Inventor And Firefighting Hero
Michael Wielgat
The 2004 LaSalle Bank building fire inspired Chicago Fire Department’s
Michael Wielgat to develop the HERO Pipe, which earned a special “visionary”
citation in the 2009 Chicago Innovation Awards.
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Elkhart Brass rejects fraud charges in HERO Pipe suit.
In their response May 22 to the lawsuit filed by Hero Systems — a Chicago company formed by Chicago firefighter MichaelBusinessWeek
His first prototype, constructed by a Philadelphia company he hired, was a series of aluminum pipes that would connect to
