‘I had to leave my baby’: Family gathers to remember child who died in Englewood fire
Dozens of loved ones gathered in front of the family’s now boarded-up apartment building to hug and pray on Saturday.
She wanted to be a nurse and enjoyed playing guitar.
Her mother, Katheryn Ivory, said, “When she’d burp, she’d say ‘excuse me.’ She was so polite.”
Destiny’s mother ran inside the bedroom where the fire originated.
Destiny’s father ran in as well and was eventually burned and bruised.
Destiny was found dead in her bunk bed, according to fire officials.
As the family is now displaced, residents and community leaders have been donating clothes, pampers and money.
“We get a lot happening around Christmastime including chords, wires and everything, so we need to come together and let’s talk about this situation,” said Chef Michael Airhart, of Taste for the Homeless.
