When Eddie Kimber was growing up in the West African nation of Liberia, he had difficulty breathing, struggled to gain weight and would easily become exhausted from minimal activity. Doctors couldn’t find what was wrong.
But when Kimber’s family fled war there and entered a refugee program, his brother said Tuesday, they discovered he had a hole in his heart. It could be treated in the United States, and Beatrice Jah moved her family here in 2005, hoping to experience the American dream.
They did — until Sept. 16, 2024, when Kimber was killed at his Sharon Street apartment on the South Side Slopes following an argument over dirty dishes…