U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner, who rose from a kid in Acres Homes to serve as Houston’s mayor for eight years and was elected to Congress last year, has died.

According to Turner’s family, he was taken to the hospital after President Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress and was later released. He died at approximately 5:45 a.m. Wednesday from “enduring health complications.

Members of the Acres Homes area - including FOX 26 reporter Leslie DelasBour - speak on the impact Congressman Sylvester Turner had as an Acres Homes native.