For hours on June 4, state and federal authorities and the bomb squad didn’t know what they were dealing with.
A blast inside an SUV on the outbound I-290, the driver dead and traffic closed off.
Right there in the Hot Zone was motorist Desiree Mondragon with her toddler son, who were traveling behind the SUV when it blew. They both survived the still unexplained explosion – rattled but unharmed – and now for the first time, she spoke about it with the NBC Chicago investigative team…