A mural was unveiled Saturday in honor of Sha-Asia
Semple, who died in a Brooklyn hospital during childbirth almost three months
ago.
Dozens in the community
gathered in Bedford-Stuyvesant for the unveiling of the massive mural, which was made
right across the street from where 26-year-old Semple grew up.
Friends and family of Sha-Asia, who sometimes used
the last name Semple, or Washington,
were happy to celebrate her life.
Semple's life was cut short on July 3 at NYC Health and Hospitals/Woodhull while
she was giving birth. Her daughter, Khloe, was delivered
through cesarean section.
Her relatives say the coroner told them a
complication with the epidural was to blame, but they claim that racism within
the medical community is the real problem.
Semple has now been
memorialized on a wall for all to see. Her godfather says they also cleaned up
the block, picked up trash, installed benches and planted flowers and herbs.
Family and friends say they
look forward to Semple's memory living on every time someone passes the mural
and sees her face.