Ritchie Cross, of Sugar Hill, Georgia, show his gratitude to the people of Spokane, for their generosity to the athletes participating the the 29th National Veterans Wheelchair Games. Says Cross "the community opened up their doors and arms". Cross spent Thursday afternoon displaying his sign to motorists outside the Spokane Convention Center on Spokane Falls Blvd. (Dan Pelle/SR)

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