At the Pannell Center, 50 disabled U.S. military veterans are playing wheelchair softball, working on their form in the discus and scuba diving.
The city's Annie Desalernos says comraderie and competition are vitally important to helping injured vets adjust to civilian life. So is the 150 thousand dollar grant for the city's paralympic program from U.S Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S. Olympic Committee.
ANNIE DESALERNOS: "If they're at home isolating, isolation is the place you develop your negatives."