Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock proclaimed July 20, 2022 “Random Gestures of Compassion Day.”
The recognition is in honor of Reese Grant-Cobb, a 17-year-old DSST: Montview student who was killed in 2018, just weeks before his 18th birthday.
He was also a standout on the East High School football team and his friends called him a “Renaissance man.” July 20 would have been Grant-Cobb's 22nd birthday.
“The month of July is the hardest month of the year for me because the beginning of the month is the anniversary of his death — he was attacked on July 1 and then died on July 2 — then July 20 … is his birthday,” said Beverly Grant, Reese’s mother.
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