People gather at New Monumental Baptist Church on Tuesday for a memorial service to honor the children.
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Some evenings, after getting home from his shift at the foundry, William Clark will sit on his porch in the cool air and smoke a cigarette or two. In the growing dusk, he’ll look out across his quiet Brainerd neighborhood as neighbors rake leaves or kids ride bikes down streets with names like Peachbloom Drive and Sunset Avenue.
It’s pleasant and quiet, except for one thing: the fast traffic on nearby Talley Road.
“Cars come around here with tires hollering,” he said. “I always said there’d be an accident here one day.”
Monday afternoon, the accident happened. Clark was still at work, but several houses away, Greg Robinson, 60, heard the noise.
“Kaboom,” he said.