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aplusbi on March 3, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: The blind man who taught himself to see

Here's a teenager who could do the same thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBv79LKfMt4

The video is from when he was 14, he died from cancer at 16.

JacobAldridge on March 3, 2011 | [–]

I saw Ben's story on a documentary or news program a few years ago, and it was the first thing I thought of reading this article. I had no idea he had died - a sad note to a series of uplifting life stories.

Torn on March 3, 2011 | [–]

Site with more information: http://www.benunderwood.com/

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