A Texas man who lost his sight while studying at the Naval Academy persevered and completed his degree, becoming the first blind graduate of the academy.
“It wasn’t a big deal to me, because, like, when one of your eyes still works, then you can essentially do everything fine. It’s just when I close my right eye, I would notice some things weren’t really there,” Destarac said.
“They essentially said for the next three months after August, I was going to be losing my central vision in my right eye, which essentially meant I was going to be legally blind,” Destarac said. “It was a little difficult for sure, especially in the military because they’ve never seen something like that before.”“It was very, very difficult, really the most difficult time of our lives. I just wish that it could have happened for me, but we decided to pray, hope and not worry,” his mother said.
“I honed in on what really mattered and really turned things around, which was really cool for everyone to see,” he said.
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