IDAHO FALLS — Neighbors, fellow veterans and friends gathered Saturday morning to watch U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Byers and his family receive the keys to their new home off Helix Boulevard.

The nonprofit, Homes For Our Troops, organized the heart-warming event and the build of his new mortgage-free home. Locals were able to share the inspiring moment where Byers, who was injured in Afghanistan, causing him to lose both legs below the knee, got to experience his new, completely wheelchair accessible home for the first time.

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Byers, who often uses a wheelchair but was wearing prosthetic legs, arrived at the home with a deputy escort complete with lights and sirens from the

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