Hundreds of Staten Islanders gathered on Richmond Avenue bearing banners and American flags to pay thanks to wounded soldiers at the tail end of their motorcade escort from the Walter Reed Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., to New York City.
Over 300 motorcyclists took part in the 200-mile escort, which kicked off the annual “Staten Island Welcomes Our Heroes” weekend. The SIWOH committee has been organizing the weekend trip for the past six years to pay tribute to soldiers wounded in combat.