NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS BY SAINT FRANCIS WOOD >> MORE ON THAT IN JUST A MINUTE BUT TONIGHT, LAND MARKS AROUND INCLUDING CITY HALL, COIT TOWER AS WELL SHINING ORANGE TONIGHT. WHEN YOU ENTER THE PARK THE FIRST THING THAT YOU SEE IS THIS STATUE OF WILLIE MAYS. FANS HAVE BEEN STOPPING BY AND LEAVING FLOWERS AND TRIBUTES TO THE BASEBALL LEGEND. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THEM. SHE IS LIVE RIGHT NOW, I KNOW PEOPLE WERE BRINGING MORE THAN JUST FLOWERS, SOME PEOPLE HAVE MUSICAL TRIBUTES? >> Reporter: YEAH. THAT IS RIGHT. HERE AT THE NAMESAKE PLAZA, FANS ALL EVENING LONG HAVE BEEN PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE SAY HEY KID. YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME, I WILL STEP OUT OF THE WAY. THIS GROWING MONUMENT FOR WILLIE MAYS, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BRINGING FLOWERS, CANDLES, BOBBLEHEADS AND BASEBALLS AND NOT MANY PEOPLE GOT THE CHANCE TO SEE HIM PLAY LIVE BUT I SPOKE WITH ONE WOMAN WHO DID GET THE CHANCE TO PERFORM LIVE IN FRONT OF THE SAY HEY KID. ♪ >>REPORTER: TRIBUTES OF ALL SOUNDS AND MEANING POURED INTO WILLIE MAYS PLAZA INCLUDING ONE FROM KERRY BRANDON. >> I WAS BORN AND BRED A GIANT'S FAN. COMING TO GAMES SINCE I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD. FOR ME AT MY AGE IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE LIVING IN A WORLD WHERE HE IS NOT HERE. BUT IT MEANS SO MUCH TO HAVE HIS STATUE AND HIS LEGACY AS PART OF THE BAY AREA. >> Reporter: MOST POEM NEVER HAD THE PLEASURE OF SEEING WILLIE MAYS PLAY. BUT, BRANDON CAME CLOSER TO MOST WHEN SHE PERFORMED NATIONAL ANTHEM AT A GAME HE WAS BEING HONORED AT >> TO GET TO INTERACT WITH THIS LEGEND, EVEN AT A YOUNG AGE I KNEW WHAT AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY I HAD TO MEET HIM. IT WAS ONE OF MY BEST CHILDHOOD MEMORIES >> FANS OF THE GIANTS AND BEYOND CAME TO PAY RESPECTS TUESDAY EVENING. SOME OFFERING A PRAYER OR A TEAR. THE IMPACT OF MAYS SHINES THROUGH THE TRIBUTES AND SEEN THROUGH THE SPIRIT OF BASEBALL. DINING ACROSS THE STREET WHEN HE GOT WIND OF THE PASSING OF THE SAY HEY KID. HE IS A DODGER FAN THAT SAYS RIVALRY ARE PUT ASIDE WHEN A LEGEND OF MAYS LEVEL PASSES ON. >> I AM A DODGER FAN, YOU HAVE TO RESPECT WHO THAT MAN DID. THEN TALK ABOUT PARTICULARLY A BLACK ATHLETE DURING THE TIME HE PLAYED ON THE EVE OF JUNETEENTH. WILLIE MAYS PAVED THE WAY FOR A LOT OF THE ATHLETES THAT YOU SEE TODAY ESPECIALLY MLB, HE IS A LEGEND. >> Reporter: FROM RIVALRY TO COMRADERY, SHINING THROUGH GENERATIONS AND FOR BRANDON SHE MOURNS THE LOSS OF A LEGEND ALONGSIDE HER FATHER PLAYING A TRUMPET TRIBUTE TO "TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME." >> Reporter: A MOMENT TO CHERISH ONE LAST TIME FOR THE SAY HEY KID. >> THE CITY IS GRIEVING IF BUT ALSO CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF AN INCREDIBLE PERSON WHO MEANT SO MUCH TO THE BAY. N FAINBRTOIC OF TTHE
