We've been following the story of Zach Sowers since we moved her a year ago. Zach was about our age, lived in the city in what most would consider a "safe" area, and just seemed like a regular guy. He was attacked a few months after we moved by four vicious thugs on his own street and has been in a coma ever since. We didn't know Zach, but some of our friends did. A lot of people I work with knew him because we share an employer. When I went to meetings on Wednesdays, I would often see notes posted on his condition over the past few months.
He died Tuesday from his injuries.
From the Sun:
The attack resonated because he was an innocent victim in a city where most killings appear to revolve around drugs. Sowers and his wife were, in many ways, the faces of the new Baltimore, willing to live in neighborhoods that had struggled with blight but showed promise.
and
Anna Sowers told a reporter that she wanted politicians to do something about crime. "It's people like me and Zach who will make Baltimore a better city," she said. "I should be able to walk two blocks to my car at night and feel safe."
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