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Podcast: Your History Your Story
Episode: S6 Ep08 "Hello Darkness, My Old Friend"
Description: In the summer of 1960, nineteen year old Sandy Greenberg, the son of a Buffalo, NY junk dealer, was home on break between his sophomore and junior years at Columbia University. Sandy, who loved sports, also loved learning and was very excited about his future and the possibilities that lay ahead. However, while pitching in a baseball game that summer, Sandy’s vision suddenly became cloudy, requiring him to leave the game after almost hitting a batter. Sandy did not know it then, but eye disease and a misdiagnosis would soon lead to complete blindness.
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