DENVER — As Boston fans celebrate after the Celtics were crowned NBA champions, the memory of a similar celebration last summer in Denver is fresh in the minds of 10 people who were injured after the festivity became violent .
One of those 10 was Trejon Hamilton.
“I feel like you can’t really take life for granted,” he said.
David Zalubowski/APHamilton just turned 25 on Monday and appreciates his birthday celebration now more than ever after what he went through last summer. At this time last year, he was recovering in a hospital bed. A shooting had broken out after the Denver Nuggets won the 2023 NBA Championship. He was one of the people hit by the gunfire .
“Last year on my birthday, that was probably one of the most painful days in the hospital,” he said. “And just looking back at it now, I’m still blessed to be here.”