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.

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.

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.