. >> laney had given birth to twins who were more than three months premature. jayceon's brother died within the first few hours. the surviving child spent time in intensive care before he was healthy enough to leave the hospital. >> laney says everything was normal, until one night - when jayceon was four months old - he stopped breathing in his sleep and died. >> i don't know what it was but something felf wrong and i woke up. and when i picked him up it was just like... nothing.

but i feel like i failed. >> cases like laney's are all too common in cleveland. so what is it that's causing so many babies to die here in this city? why are those babies predominantly african american, and what is being done to try to stop it? the most important money stories of the day might affect yourries savings, your job, or your retirement. whether it's bailouts or bond rates, this stuff gets complicated. but don't worry, i'm here to take the fear out of finance. every night on my show i break down confusing financial speak and make it real. >> the reasons for infant mortality are complex, but what everyone agrees is that poverty plays a part. the rates are worst in the cities of the south and the "rust belt" with their legacies of economic collapse and racial division. and one of the hardest hit cities is cleveland. >> here, the unemployment rate for whites is around 6%. for african americans, the number is almost three times higher. >> like many cities across america, the sight of boarded up businesses and devastated neighborhoods is something that's bec

>> laney?t spent in jail, she became friends with taryn stout-barstow, who took it upon herself to show markert the ropes. >> i'm taking applications for a best friend, okay? >> but just a few bunks down, summer payne seemed annoyed by the budding friendship and still does. >> she had to feel stupid, though. she had to feel stupid. you talking about, oh, yeah, best friend applications are being accepted. i know that girl so glad she got bailed up out of this [ bleep ]. >> what's going on with you guys? >> well, what? >> what's going on with you? >> with who? >> we are not going to have a fight. >> you two. >> we have no issues. i'm just in here living with her at the moment. yeah, there was a discrepancy, because i guess she felt like i was calling her out, because she was being untrue to the new booked that we had in here. they had this young lady helping fix her bed and showing her the ropes, and said she was going to give her the best friend application and it was accepted, and if she was he

but i feel like i failed. >> cases like laney's are all too common in cleveland. so what is it that's causing so many babies to die here in this city? why are those babies predominantly african american, and what is being done to try to stop it? on inside story, we bring together unexpected voices closest to the story, invite hard-hitting debate and desenting views and always explore issues relevant to you. my name is jonathan betz. i'm from dallas, texas, and i'm an anchor for al jazeera america. >>my name is ranjani chakraborty, i'm from houston, texas. >>i'm kim bondy. >>nicole deford. >>and i'm from new orleans. >>san francisco, california. when i was a little kid, i just really loved the news. >>news was always important in my family. >>i knew as a kid that was exactly what i wanted to do. >>i learned to read by reading the newspaper with my great-grandfather every morning. >>and i love being able to tell other people stories. >>this is it, i want to be a part of this. >>this is what really drove me to al jazeera america. >> the reasons for infant mortality a

laney said everything was normal until one night when j as i on stopped breathing in his sleep. >> when i woke him up, it was like nothing. >> reporter: the doctors told lanay it was sudden infant syndrome, sids. >> my kids are my soul. my kids are my heart. >> heartbreaking. following up on sebastian walker's report. we turn to dr. richard davis who is director of neonatal care unit. doctor, you heard this report as well. when we hear 40% of babies born are african-american, but 70% don't make it, how can this be? is this a peculiar problem just to cleveland, or do you see this in chicago? >> every city, every state looked at has a large gap between birth outcomes between black and white infants. >> what do you attribute this to? where we live in a society where the medicare is so good, when babies have such a good chance of making it, how can this be? >> the problem is not what happens after the babies are born. the problem is that they're born so early and they need all that intensive care to survive, and many of them do survive, but more don't than we would like. so preventing prema

elena is shaken. >> laney was crying. >> did you get that on video?ause when she fell she tried to grab the other girls. could have been a lot worse. she could have grabbed both the other girls and brought them with her. >> pitten grabs and comforts her daughter while trying to regain her own composure. >> i felt like i was just going to faint. i just was in shock and kind of sick to my stomach. there's another area in the park that you can walk around. and i just was grabbing on to her hand so tight. she was, like, mom, you're hurting me, you're hurting my hand. >> pitten's husband scott who was walking in another area of the park and missed the accident returns to a chaotic scene. >> everybody's all up in arms and screaming and yelling. i, of course, said, oh, it's not that big a deal. settle down. >> but when scott pitten views the tape, he realizes just how close he came to losing his daughter. >> i remember thinking the first time i saw it on tv, i thought, i can't breathe. i mean, because it really did. it just like all of a sudden i saw that ha

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