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Evanstonians step forward to help family in need at the holidays.
Fire consuming the apartment at Judson Avenue and Dempster Street Wednesday morning. (EFD photo)
“My youngest son lost his favorite blankie.” That’s just one of many items Mayra Jackson, her husband Latwian, and their two sons lost in an apartment fire at Dempster and Judson Wednesday morning.
In fact, while they escaped unhurt from the garden level unit, the Jackson family lost basically all of their possessions. “It happened so quickly,” Mayra Jackson says. The Jacksons, including sons Jordan, age 9, and Nicholas, age 4, are now staying with Mayra’s sister while trying to figure out what to do next.