Olympian Brittney Reese is welcomed by Coast residents and local officials at Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport in Gulfport, Mississippi, on Saturday, August 11, 2012, after returning from the Olympics. Reese brought home a Gold medal for her long jump of 23 feet, 4½ inches (7.12 meters), becoming the second U.S. woman to win the Olympic long jump event at the 2012 Olympic games in London. Photo by James Edward Bates.