A Story About Joseph Kromelis — Chicago’s Walking Man

He perseveres, despite a heinous attempt on his life

Joseph Kromelis, known as the “Walking Man,” in the Loop in 2011. Rich Hein/Sun-Times file

On May 26th of this year, I was out of town.

I woke up in my hotel room to a text from a former colleague of mine. She said:

Carolyn someone set our guy on fire as he was sleeping on the ground, suspect…