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Danielle Guerra - dguerra@shawmedia.com
Nina De La Cruz (left), 10, and Bella De La Cruz (center), 13, wave signs and capture their brother Ricky De La Cruz's DeKalb Police and DeKalb Fire Department escort into town to hundreds of people lining Taylor Street in DeKalb on Thursday, July 7, 2016. Ricky, 17, underwent heart transplant surgery on April 19 and had to stay in Chicago at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital and later Ronald McDonald House to go through tests before he was allowed home.