[Sportsandrec] Blind skateboarder

[Roger Acuna]

Thanks for sharing.  Its very sad.  I am pleased to know that he and I 
shared a common interest.  Completely blind skateboarders are hard to come 
by.  I have never met one personally. Ben's story  brought a huge smile to 
me!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jody Ianuzzi" <jody at thewhitehats.com>
To: "'Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List'" 
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Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Blind skateboarder


> Hello all,
>
> I have been offline for a week so this may be old news.  Ben Underwood had 
> a
> remarkable echolocation ability.
>
> I am sad to say he died a few years ago at only 16 years old.  His 
> blindness
> was caused by cancer of the retina and his eyes were removed when he was 
> 2.
> Unfortunately the cancer returned and he died of brain cancer.
>
> JODY
>
>
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