Teen Dies In South Side Fire

by Barry Mcconaghey | May 28, 2007 at 10:06 pm
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May 28, 2007 Illinois - With smoke billowing and flames spreading inside his South Side home early Sunday, James Watkins kicked in a basement window and whisked two children to safety. But Watkins was unable to find a third child, his 17-year-old son, Jerrell, who died in the blaze. "I brought two out of there, and I went back in to look for the oldest," Watkins, 39, said, standing in front of the charred two-flat in the 200 block of East 136th Street. "There was too much smoke. I took in about ...
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