Brooks Memorial

Walter Sanders holds his 4-month-old daughter, Sem'Jah, while children and other community members sign a poster celebrating the life of Isaiah Brooks, who died in a fire on North Fayette Street. On what would have been his sixth birthday, about 100 of the boy’s family, friends and neighbors attended a memorial for Isaiah and his mother who was critically injured trying to save him. Don Hennessey-Renken, brother of Eva Brooks, said his sister is awake off and on and was able to write on a piece of paper that she tried to save her son and added, “too hot.” August 30, 2011