The 9-year-old boy with autism who was critically injured when he fell down the stairs at a CTA Green Line station during a fight on the steps has been declared brain dead.
Family identified him as Elijah Flores. They were too upset to speak on camera, but spoke with CBS News Chicago over the phone Monday.
Flores was with a 22-year-old family friend at the Clinton L Stop in the West Loop on Sunday, Aug. 10, when Chicago police said two men got into a fight with the family friend. The 22-year-old was hit in the back of the head and fell down the stairs; Flores fell as well. He hit his head in the fall and was taken to Lurie Children’s Hospital in critical condition. His family said the fall caused life-threatening brain trauma…