A FELLOW FLIGHT instructor recently asked if I could recall my most unusual student. "That's an easy one," I replied. "His name was Tom Sullivan, and what made him so unusual was that he had been blind since birth." Despite his lifelong disability-or perhaps because of it-Sullivan learned to attack life with a zest and determination rarely found in sighted people. He not only attended Harvard University but also graduated with his name on the Dean's Honor List. Inclined toward sports as well as academia, Sullivan competed against sighted students to become an amateur U.S. National Wrestling Champion. He also earned accolades as a professional singer, composer, and author.
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