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WEBVTT WORLD TO GABE TAYE'S FAMILY.CONSIDER TODAY A NEW CHAPTER INA GUT-WRENCHING STORY THAT BEGANWHEN GABE TAYE TOOK HIS OWN LIFEIN AN APARTMENT ALONG LAFEUILLEAVENUE IN JANUARY.>> I'M STILL HEALING, AND I'MALWAYS GOING TO CONTINUE TOHEAL.TODD: GABE'S MOTHER, CORNELIAREYNOLDS, SPENT AN EMOTIONALAFTERNOON AT CITY HALL WHERECOUNCIL MEMBERS VOTEDUNANIMOUSLY TO HONOR HER SON.NOT ONLY WILL JANUARY 26 BEGABRIEL DAY IN CINCINNATI, ASTRETCH OF THIS BUSY STREET INWESTWOOD WILL BE KNOWN ASGABRIEL'S WAY.>> IT DOES HELP.HE'LL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED.THIS IS HIS LEGACY, AND I'LLCARRY IT UNTIL THE DAY I DIE.TODD: GABE TAYE TOOK HIS LIFETWO DAYS AFTER AN INCIDENT IN ABOY'S BATHROOM AT CARSON SCHOOLIN WEST PRICE HILL.REYNOLDS SAYS THIS SCHOOL VIDEOSHOWS HER SON BEING KNOCKED TOTHE GROUND BY ANOTHER BOY.GABE LAY MOTIONLESS FOR SEVENMINUTES BEFORE HELP ARRIVED.REYNOLDS SAYS THE VIDEO PROVESHER CHILD WAS BULLIED TO DEATH.A LAWSUIT IS NOW UNFOLDING INFEDERAL COURT, AND CINCINNATISCHOOL OFFICIALS MAINTAIN THEDISTRICT IS NOT TO BLAME.COUNCILMAN CHARLIE WINBURN, WHOPROPOSED THE TRIBUTE TO GABE,SAID BLUNTLY THAT THE THIRDGRADER DIED AFTER BEINGASSAULTED AT SCHOOL.>> I'M NOT HERE TO DISCUSS THECASE TODAY.I'M JUST HERE TO HONOR MY SON.AND THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TOACKNOWLEDGING THAT THIS IS ANISSUE.TODD: GABE'S GRANDFATHER,MICHAEL KIROS, SHOWED A PICTUREHE CARRIES WITH HIM SHOWINGGABE'S INFECTIOUS SMILE.>> HE IS MY GRANDSON, AND HE WASMY ONLY GRANDSON, AND I JUSTLOST HIM.STILL, HE'S IN MY HEART.I ALWAYS CARRY HIM WITH ME.TODD: AGAIN, GABE TAYE'S FAMILYHAS FILED A FEDERAL LAWSUITAGAINST CINCINNATI PUBLICSCHOOLS, SAYING LEADERS ATGABE'S SCHOOL FAILED TO PROTECTHIM.TWO WEEKS AGO, LAWYERS FOR CPSASKED THAT THE CASE BEDISMISSED.EVERYONE IS WAITING TO SEE HOWTHE JUDGE RULES ON THAT REQUEST.

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Consider Tuesday a new chapter in a gut-wrenching story that began when Gabe Taye took his own life in an apartment along Lafeuille Avenue in January."I'm still healing," Taye's mother, Cornelia Reynolds, said. "I'm always going to continue to heal."Reynolds spent an emotional afternoon at Cincinnati City Hall, where City Council members voted unanimously to honor her son.Not only will Jan. 26, 2018, be Gabriel Day in the city, a stretch of Lafeuille Avenue between Westbrook Drive and Queen City Avenue will be known as Gabriel's Way. The new street moniker will be an honorary, secondary name."It does help," Reynolds said. "He'll always be remembered. This is his legacy, and I'll carry it until the day I die."The 8-year-old Taye took his life two days after an incident in a boys' bathroom at Carson School in West Price Hill.Reynolds said school security video shows her son being knocked to the floor by another boy. Taye lay motionless for seven minutes before help arrived.Reynolds said the video proves her child was bullied to death.A lawsuit is now unfolding in federal court, and officials with Cincinnati Public Schools maintain the district is not to blame.Councilman Charlie Winburn, who proposed the tribute to Taye, said bluntly that the third-grader died after being assaulted at school."I'm not here to discuss the case today," Reynolds said. "I'm just here to honor my son. And this is the first step to acknowledging that this is an issue."Taye's grandfather, Michael Kiros, showed a picture he carries with him showing his grandson's infectious smile."He is my grandson, and he was my only grandson, and I just lost him," Kiros said. "Still, he's in my heart. I always carry him with me."A spokeswoman for the school district released a statement Tuesday that reads, "The CPS family was saddened by the loss of Gabriel Taye. Gabriel was an outstanding young man, and his passing was an incredible loss for his family and our school community. Our thoughts remain with his parents, family and friends."