DETROIT (FOX 2) - Laneeka Barksdale was a mother of four put up a good fight with COVID-19 - but it was one she did not win.
It is something her family is hoping everyone can learn from. Omari says doctors kept her heavily sedated trying to get her oxygen, but she maintained a temperature of 102 degrees and finally succumbed to the virus Monday. "We were walking home from school one day, I was 7 and she was 8, and we were kind of new to the neighborhood.
And some guys from the block tried to jump me, and my sister stepped in and fought my fight because I was scared." She was Omari Barksdale's first protector - but neither he nor anyone could return that favor this week.