BESSEMER, Ala. (WIAT) — Community members in Bessemer spent Friday night honoring the life of Michael Eric Ross, a Bessemer High School student who died following a house collapse on Saturday, April 18.
The candlelight vigil and balloon release were held near the scene of last weekend’s tragedy in the 300 block of Black Avenue in Bessemer.
Both his mother and grandmother said that the 17-year-old, who was lovingly known as “Mike Mike,” was a quiet child who never met a stranger…