With his cane draped over a chair Nick Ricci (right), who has multiple schlerosis, sits at his regular seat at Dunkin Donuts in Oak Lawn, Illinois, Thursday, June 28, 2012. Steve Shoup, of Chicago, (left) visits with Ricci who has gone daily for 18 years to this Dunkin Donuts and someone always takes the four or five minutes to hold him steady to get him into his seat. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Steve Shoup, of Chicago, (right) and Leslie Vanderwarren, of Oak Lawn (left) help Nick Ricci, who has multiple schlerosis, out of his seat at Dunkin Donuts in Oak Lawn, Illinois, Thursday, June 28, 2012. Ricci has gone daily for 18 years to this Dunkin Donuts and someone always takes the four or five minutes to hold him steady to get him into his seat. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Nick Ricci, who has muscular dystrophy, shares a laugh with Leslie Vanderwarren, of Oak Lawn at his seat at Dunkin Donuts in Oak Lawn, Illinois, Thursday, June 28, 2012. Ricci has gone daily for 18 years to this Dunkin Donuts and someone like Vanderwarren takes the four or five minutes to hold him steady to get him into his seat. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Nick Ricci, who has muscular dystrophy, sits at his seat at Dunkin Donuts in Oak Lawn, Illinois, Thursday, June 28, 2012. Ricci has gone daily for 18 years to this Dunkin Donuts and someone always takes the four or five minutes to hold him steady to get him into his seat. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Nick Ricci, who has muscular dystrophy, shares a laugh with friend Steve Shoup, of Chicago, at Dunkin Donuts in Oak Lawn, Illinois, Thursday, June 28, 2012. Ricci has gone daily for 18 years to this Dunkin Donuts and someone like Shoup always takes the four or five minutes to hold him steady to get him into his seat. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

With his cane draped over a chair Nick Ricci (right), who has muscular dystrophy, sits at his regular seat at Dunkin Donuts in Oak Lawn, Illinois, Thursday, June 28, 2012. Steve Shoup, of Chicago, (left) visits with Ricci who has gone daily for 18 years to this Dunkin Donuts and someone always takes the four or five minutes to hold him steady to get him into his seat. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Steve Shoup, of Chicago, help Nick Ricci, who has multiple schlerosis, out of his seat at Dunkin Donuts in Oak Lawn, Illinois, Thursday, June 28, 2012. Ricci has gone daily for 18 years to this Dunkin Donuts and someone always takes the four or five minutes to hold him steady to get him into his seat. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Steve Shoup, of Chicago, (left) and Leslie Vanderwarren, of Oak Lawn help Nick Ricci, (right) who has muscular dystrophy, into his seat at Dunkin Donuts in Oak Lawn, Illinois, Thursday, June 28, 2012. Ricci has gone daily for 18 years to this Dunkin Donuts and someone always takes the four or five minutes to hold him steady to get him into his seat. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Steve Shoup, of Chicago, (left) and Leslie Vanderwarren, of Oak Lawn help Nick Ricci, (right) who has muscular dystrophy, into his seat at Dunkin Donuts in Oak Lawn, Illinois, Thursday, June 28, 2012. Ricci has gone daily for 18 years to this Dunkin Donuts and someone always takes the four or five minutes to hold him steady to get him into his seat. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Steve Shoup, of Chicago, help Nick Ricci, who has muscular dystrophy, out of his seat at Dunkin Donuts in Oak Lawn, Illinois, Thursday, June 28, 2012. Ricci has gone daily for 18 years to this Dunkin Donuts and someone always takes the four or five minutes to hold him steady to get him into his seat. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Steve Shoup, of Chicago, sits down to visit with Nick Ricci, at Dunkin Donuts in Oak Lawn, Illinois, Thursday, June 28, 2012. Ricci has gone daily for 18 years to this Dunkin Donuts and someone always takes the four or five minutes to hold him steady to get him into his seat. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Nick Ricci, (left) talks with friends Steve Shoup, of Chicago, (right) and Leslie Vanderwarren, of Oak Lawn at Dunkin Donuts in Oak Lawn, Illinois, Thursday, June 28, 2012. Ricci has gone daily for 18 years to this Dunkin Donuts and sits at the same table and seat. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Steve Shoup, of Chicago, shares a laugh with friend Nick Ricci, at Dunkin Donuts in Oak Lawn, Illinois, Thursday, June 28, 2012. Ricci has gone daily for 18 years to this Dunkin Donuts and someone like Shoup always takes the four or five minutes to hold him steady to get him into his seat. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media