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I'm going to give you
a little hint,

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bullying never ends, okay?

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They bully you in business,

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they bully you in life.

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It's how you deal
with that bullying

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that gets you through life.

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What you guys got to do
is get above it.

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Don't do it to other people.

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You guys showed three captains
this week how our world is.

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They will all be
changed forever.

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So you guys are as great
as teachers as anybody.

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If anybody tells you
you can't do it,

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what do you say?

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- Yes I can.
- Yes I can.

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You guys have sailed

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the Spanish Virgin Islands,

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you guys ran those boats,

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you guys put those
sails up and down

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and trimmed the jib,

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you guys tacked and jibed.

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It was you guys.

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Nobody else.

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You guys are brave souls.

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You guys are Blind Buccaneers.

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The Foundation for
Blind Children does these...

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challenge events
for one simple reason.

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To raise expectations.

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To raise expectations
of the students.

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To raise expectations
of their parents

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and their families.

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And to inspire the community.

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And these kids do great things.

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They get to the top
of the mountain,

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they swim the ocean,

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the raft the mighty Colorado,

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and from that moment
they go on to college,

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they go on to work,

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they go on to having families.

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I like to think it's because
of that one moment

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when they stepped out
of the water.

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The one moment when
they reached the top

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of 19,340 feet.

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That one moment when they
climbed out of the canyon.

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The moment that launched them
into the rest of their lives.

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It works.

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It works over and over again.

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So we've climbed
Mount Kilimanjaro.

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We swam Alcatraz.

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We've hiked rim to rim
the Grand Canyon.

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It's time for another
challenge event.

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The next trip is going to be

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12 blind students

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will be crewing three sailboats

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and sailing the Caribbean.

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A hundred and ten miles,

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and they're going to be
the crew.

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They're going to have
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work a sailboat,

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navigate,

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sail the open water, open ocean.

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Not a single one of our students

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has any previous experience
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so we're starting
with Sailing 101.

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The first thing we need to do
is assemble our team.

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So we gathered the families,

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the trainers, and the guides

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and we had to answer
every question,

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address any concern.

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This is a big proposition.

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We had to put them at ease.

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And most importantly,
we wanted to meet

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all 12 Blind Buccaneers.

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Wanted to get the team together

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and we wanted to introduce the
Blind Buccaneers to the world.

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My name's Elle Dingwell.

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- Hi, I'm Cesar Yanez.
- Hi, my name is Evelin Rios.

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- I'm 18 years old.
- Hi, my name is Ethan Roberts.

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Hi, my name is Isabelle Chapman.

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Hi, I'm Adonis Watt.

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Hi, my name is Kaylee Nielsen.

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My name is Jorge Castro.

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My name is Maggie Lindsay.

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Hi, I'm Steven Clemens.

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- My name is Morgann Marquise.
- My name is Roman,

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a Blind Buccaneer for the
Foundation for Blind Children.

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When I was 13 I was part of
a different challenge of theirs

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and it was
the Grand Canyon trip.

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So we whitewater rafted
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for like five days.

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I don't know,
I'm not scared of water.

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I could swim.

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So I just adapt, I guess,
just learn.

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I'm nervous but I feel
like I'll get used to it

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and I'll love it.

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When I was born, I was already
diagnosed with my condition.

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It's juvenile rentinoschisis

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and what it is is,
my retina pretty much

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can detach easily.

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So through the years
my vision would get worse.

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Like when I was a child
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And then when I started school,
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I noticed a big difference

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because when I started
getting into middle school

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it just kept getting
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Like I just kept getting
surgeries.

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They would damage my eyes.

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So I've had
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and those are the ones

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that make your vision fade less.

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The last one that I had,

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it was in my right eye,

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and it affected my cornea
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Mainly at night is when I start

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to be like really hesitant
about doing stuff

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because I'm like pretty much
blind at night.

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Like I can't see at all
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and that, like, holds me back

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because I still
rely on my vision.

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But that's something
I need to work on.

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You just have
to work hard enough

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and if you have the courage
and the effort

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then you can do anything
you want, really.

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So the first thing we did

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was make sure
that the kids can swim

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and that's really critical
when you're sailing,

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obviously being on open water
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For that,
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up here at Pleasant Harbor.

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Some of the kids actually
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So this was the first time.

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It's a safety issue.

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So even though you can swim

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but swimming with clothes on

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or swimming with a lifejacket on
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So the idea is even
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you can swim with shoes,
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and especially a lifejacket,
which will help you

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but it's also a different
experience than swimming.

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First thing you look at
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That they feel safe,
they know the lifejacket

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is doing what it's doing.

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Whether
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or you've fallen off a boat,

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you react accordingly
and trust your equipment

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that you will be floating

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and you will be able
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I'm pretty anxious of course,

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obviously since it's water
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So I'm really anxious about that

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but I'm really excited
to be a on a plane

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since I've never been on one.

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And just knowing
I'm in Puerto Rico.

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That's like one thing
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Just to know it's somewhere new

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and I just could see new places.

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I can do it and I'm scared too

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but it's good to encounter
your challenges.

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'Cause you never know
the outcome

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and it will probably make you
a better person as well.

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So it's good
that I'm doing this.

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Even though I'm anxious myself,

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I know that it will be worth it.

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Sailing in and of itself
can look complicated

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and complex and difficult.

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When in fact, it really isn't.

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And it's very sensory.

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So when we were
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would you like to do this, I
thought it was a fantastic idea

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because I sail by feel and by
touch more than anything else.

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So trying to get
the kids to adapt to...

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Not to the boat

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but to have the boat
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and talk to them

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and know what to feel.

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They were fabulous.

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Some of them got it right away.

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Just listen to the wind,
listen to the water,

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feel the boat working.

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So, pure sensory.

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I was surprised at literally
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they caught on
to actually sailing.

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The rest is then technical,
pull this,

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push that, do this, do that.

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That's easy to learn.

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But the sensory part
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and they would have been
way ahead of most.

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I don't really have
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or peripheral vision.

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You know, especially on
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it is going to be, you know,
I'm not going to know everything

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right off the bat,
I'm going to have to be

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kind of told what to do
and learn how to do it.

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And that's kind of the fun part.

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I don't really fully know
what to expect.

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I'm kind of excited for it

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'cause like it's something new

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and that's always fun.

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I do love like,
you know, a good challenge.

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I do like doing hard things
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if somebody came up to me
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"Hey, that's going to be
super hard

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for you to do that,
like you can't do that."

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I believe that anything
is pretty much possible

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if you put your mind to it.

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I'm not the type of person
who likes to give up.

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You know, if you try hard enough

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you can achieve anything.

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So we just got to the docks.

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We just got to the boats.

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We are unpacking,

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picking cabins, learning
our way around the boats.

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It's an interesting orientation
and mobility challenge

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to navigate a boat
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So we're doing that right now

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and sang great songs on the bus

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and it was the beginning
of a great...

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a great journey.

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Tomorrow we launch

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and our kids will be at the helm

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for every mile of this launch
and this voyage

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and we don't know
what tomorrow holds.

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This is our first time
on the ocean

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and the first time sailing.

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So we're going to be
experiencing a lot of things

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for the first time this week.

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Me and Adonis are in there.

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Hey, team.

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My new house,
I don't want to brag.

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Totally honestly, I kind of
rent the room, just the room,

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and I share it with these
two weirdos.

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These weirdos.

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Small space.

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Pretty cool, huh?

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Sure, if you say so.

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If you like crammed areas.

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If I have a disability,

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and I might've got picked last,

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it doesn't stop me
from doing much of anything.

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Yeah, I might be slower at it

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but I can still do it
just as efficient

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as anyone else.

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I met Kaylee at college prep

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and she's a very
outgoing person,

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and normally,
I'm actually very introverted.

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Being around her,
I think, kind of brings out

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an outgoing side in me
and so she is very like,

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let's go adventure,
let's go explore.

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And so being with her, it made
me want to do that as well.

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00:11:24,311 --> 00:11:26,080
And so yeah, we went on the boat

263
00:11:26,115 --> 00:11:27,851
and we climbed up to
the upper deck

264
00:11:27,886 --> 00:11:30,315
and I was honestly a little
freaked out being up there

265
00:11:30,350 --> 00:11:32,328
because I wasn't sure if we were
supposed to be up there

266
00:11:32,352 --> 00:11:34,759
and then it was wet
because it had been raining.

267
00:11:34,794 --> 00:11:36,299
And so I was like,
are we going to fall off?

268
00:11:36,323 --> 00:11:38,455
But I just let the worry
go out of my mind

269
00:11:38,490 --> 00:11:40,325
and we just had fun.

270
00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:42,096
Some of my first memories

271
00:11:42,131 --> 00:11:44,098
are at The Foundation
for Blind Children.

272
00:11:44,133 --> 00:11:47,871
I always knew that I had
bilateral optic nerve hypoplasia

273
00:11:47,906 --> 00:11:50,808
and I always knew
that I had nystagmus.

274
00:11:50,843 --> 00:11:52,018
When I attended the Foundation,

275
00:11:52,042 --> 00:11:53,404
everyone was visually impaired

276
00:11:53,439 --> 00:11:55,439
and so I didn't really think
anything of it.

277
00:11:55,474 --> 00:11:58,508
I thought I was,
quote, unquote, "normal."

278
00:11:58,543 --> 00:11:59,861
And then I went
into elementary school

279
00:11:59,885 --> 00:12:01,885
and I realized that I wasn't.

280
00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:03,381
And so for a very long time

281
00:12:03,416 --> 00:12:05,251
I think I felt very isolated.

282
00:12:05,286 --> 00:12:08,518
I didn't really want to use
any assistive technology.

283
00:12:08,553 --> 00:12:12,489
Everyone always complimented me
on how I didn't necessarily

284
00:12:12,524 --> 00:12:14,128
look like I was
visually impaired.

285
00:12:14,163 --> 00:12:16,031
I looked like I was
really sighted

286
00:12:16,066 --> 00:12:18,066
and I took that as
a compliment for a while.

287
00:12:18,101 --> 00:12:20,431
But it wasn't until I
reconnected with the Foundation

288
00:12:20,466 --> 00:12:22,301
two years ago in 2016,

289
00:12:22,336 --> 00:12:24,941
that I realized that it was okay

290
00:12:24,976 --> 00:12:26,976
for me to have
the visual impairment

291
00:12:27,011 --> 00:12:29,374
and it was okay for me
to accept that

292
00:12:29,409 --> 00:12:32,344
and it was okay if I used
the cane and people knew

293
00:12:32,379 --> 00:12:35,215
that I was visually impaired
and so I think from then on

294
00:12:35,250 --> 00:12:37,547
I've been really confident
in myself.

295
00:12:37,582 --> 00:12:40,418
I'm very nervous, obviously,
just for the same reasons

296
00:12:40,453 --> 00:12:42,156
of I've never been
on a sailboat.

297
00:12:42,191 --> 00:12:43,894
I don't know how to sail

298
00:12:43,929 --> 00:12:46,259
and this is going to be
a five day trip

299
00:12:46,294 --> 00:12:48,360
circumnavigating
the Spanish Virgin Islands

300
00:12:48,395 --> 00:12:49,427
and that's insane.

301
00:12:49,462 --> 00:12:52,100
I've never left the country, so.

302
00:12:54,434 --> 00:12:56,104
Our Captain Paco
just informed us

303
00:12:56,139 --> 00:12:59,008
of a little tropical storm
moving in on Tuesday.

304
00:12:59,043 --> 00:13:01,175
Which is something
that is rare for November

305
00:13:01,210 --> 00:13:03,507
and something we didn't expect.

306
00:13:03,542 --> 00:13:05,542
So worse comes to worst
and we find ourselves

307
00:13:05,577 --> 00:13:08,512
getting in a hairy situation,
we'll have to be flexible

308
00:13:08,547 --> 00:13:10,360
and accommodate but
that's what this is all about.

309
00:13:10,384 --> 00:13:13,858
If we were wanting
to be safe and conservative

310
00:13:13,893 --> 00:13:15,926
we'd all still be at home
right now.

311
00:13:15,961 --> 00:13:20,964
♪

312
00:13:20,999 --> 00:13:24,297
So at the end of this week
we want them to say

313
00:13:24,332 --> 00:13:27,234
"I sailed Puerto Rico," right?

314
00:13:27,269 --> 00:13:29,940
So that's our biggest thing.

315
00:13:29,975 --> 00:13:31,579
It's just going to take
a lot of patience

316
00:13:31,603 --> 00:13:34,274
and they'll have patience
with us too because we'll be...

317
00:13:34,309 --> 00:13:36,144
And we'll coach you
through as much as we can

318
00:13:36,179 --> 00:13:38,410
'cause we're all familiar
with the kids.

319
00:13:38,445 --> 00:13:40,346
But they're all great kids.

320
00:13:40,381 --> 00:13:43,052
They come from
all different backgrounds.

321
00:13:43,087 --> 00:13:44,988
Cesar, who's on your boat,

322
00:13:45,023 --> 00:13:49,586
he's the oldest of eight kids
and he's fourteen.

323
00:13:49,621 --> 00:13:53,392
So can you imagine
how many kids are at home

324
00:13:53,427 --> 00:13:57,495
and he's... now he's sailing
in Puerto Rico, right?

325
00:13:57,530 --> 00:14:01,136
So imagine
the economic standing of this.

326
00:14:01,171 --> 00:14:05,173
We have other kids who are
just losing their vision now.

327
00:14:05,208 --> 00:14:07,978
So they had vision earlier
in life and it's going away.

328
00:14:08,013 --> 00:14:10,211
So there's all
different levels here,

329
00:14:10,246 --> 00:14:13,918
so we just want you guys
just to take care of us

330
00:14:13,953 --> 00:14:16,250
and make it the most special
experience in the world.

331
00:14:16,285 --> 00:14:17,647
It's not about us, the adults.

332
00:14:17,682 --> 00:14:20,023
It's about the kids.

333
00:14:20,058 --> 00:14:23,059
♪

334
00:14:23,094 --> 00:14:28,933
♪ Time won't stop,
so gonna get on the ride ♪

335
00:14:28,968 --> 00:14:32,101
♪ Twisting
and turning through life ♪

336
00:14:32,136 --> 00:14:35,335
♪ No matter how rough
it gets I'll get by ♪

337
00:14:35,370 --> 00:14:38,602
♪

338
00:14:38,637 --> 00:14:40,472
♪ Home ♪

339
00:14:40,507 --> 00:14:44,212
♪ Moves with me where I roam ♪

340
00:14:44,247 --> 00:14:49,118
♪ It's in every dream
I made my own ♪

341
00:14:49,153 --> 00:14:51,681
♪ I'm never alone ♪

342
00:14:51,716 --> 00:14:56,389
♪ I know that every day will
always bring me something new ♪

343
00:15:00,230 --> 00:15:08,230
♪

344
00:15:08,601 --> 00:15:12,141
♪ Every day will
bring me something new ♪

345
00:15:16,477 --> 00:15:23,218
♪

346
00:15:23,253 --> 00:15:25,286
I'm super excited
to learn to sail.

347
00:15:25,321 --> 00:15:27,321
It will be a wonderful
experience

348
00:15:27,356 --> 00:15:30,192
and I know I'll grow
a lot as a person

349
00:15:30,227 --> 00:15:31,655
and just learning how to sail,

350
00:15:31,690 --> 00:15:34,196
learning more about myself
and our abilities

351
00:15:34,231 --> 00:15:37,298
and growing close to everybody
I'm doing it with.

352
00:15:37,333 --> 00:15:39,630
I'm definitely nervous,
especially coming from

353
00:15:39,665 --> 00:15:42,369
someone who's never
really had a culture shock

354
00:15:42,404 --> 00:15:44,206
of going out of the country

355
00:15:44,241 --> 00:15:46,241
and someone who's never
been on a sailboat.

356
00:15:46,276 --> 00:15:48,507
So it will definitely
be an experience.

357
00:15:48,542 --> 00:15:50,542
Just watch us, watch it happen

358
00:15:50,577 --> 00:15:52,247
'cause it will be incredible

359
00:15:52,282 --> 00:15:53,424
and there's no doubt in my mind

360
00:15:53,448 --> 00:15:55,085
that we're gonna do it,

361
00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:57,065
we're gonna come back alive,
and we're gonna have

362
00:15:57,089 --> 00:15:59,353
an incredible story to tell.

363
00:16:03,590 --> 00:16:06,327
♪ Every day will
bring me something new ♪

364
00:16:10,168 --> 00:16:18,168
♪

365
00:16:18,539 --> 00:16:23,707
♪ Every day will
bring me something new ♪

366
00:16:23,742 --> 00:16:31,742
♪

367
00:16:38,229 --> 00:16:39,569
Honestly, I feel like
a little bit nervous

368
00:16:39,593 --> 00:16:41,527
'cause I don't know
what's out there

369
00:16:41,562 --> 00:16:44,332
in the deep, vast ocean but
at the same time I feel excited

370
00:16:44,367 --> 00:16:46,103
because I'm a thrill-seeker.

371
00:16:46,138 --> 00:16:48,534
♪ Whaa ♪

372
00:16:48,569 --> 00:16:49,667
♪ Come on ♪

373
00:16:49,702 --> 00:16:51,339
♪ Move along ♪

374
00:16:51,374 --> 00:16:53,407
♪

375
00:16:53,442 --> 00:16:56,806
♪ Let's say it, baby ♪

376
00:16:56,841 --> 00:17:00,579
♪ I know you're on a roll ♪

377
00:17:00,614 --> 00:17:01,646
What's the water temp?

378
00:17:01,681 --> 00:17:03,153
♪ Sweet honey ♪

379
00:17:03,188 --> 00:17:04,583
This is right where.

380
00:17:04,618 --> 00:17:10,061
♪

381
00:17:10,096 --> 00:17:12,591
On the edge.

382
00:17:12,626 --> 00:17:15,363
You can get used to it quickly.

383
00:17:15,398 --> 00:17:19,169
You can get used to it quickly.

384
00:17:19,204 --> 00:17:20,797
♪

385
00:17:22,471 --> 00:17:24,735
How is it?

386
00:17:24,770 --> 00:17:27,771
- Is it cold?
- It's perfect.

387
00:17:27,806 --> 00:17:29,278
Alright, you want to come in?

388
00:17:29,313 --> 00:17:31,379
I'm out of the way.

389
00:17:33,647 --> 00:17:34,547
Yeah, baby.

390
00:17:34,582 --> 00:17:37,319
Yeah, Jorge.

391
00:17:42,788 --> 00:17:48,825
♪

392
00:17:48,860 --> 00:17:52,532
I had congenital glaucoma
when I was first born

393
00:17:52,567 --> 00:17:54,402
and I had cataracts as well.

394
00:17:54,437 --> 00:17:57,537
I had the cataracts removed
from both of my eyes.

395
00:17:57,572 --> 00:18:01,442
My left eye was not savable
so I lost my left eye.

396
00:18:01,477 --> 00:18:04,148
I had vision up
till I was about eight or nine

397
00:18:04,183 --> 00:18:07,283
and then the glaucoma, like the
pressure just started building

398
00:18:07,318 --> 00:18:10,583
and I started getting
cloudy corneas as well.

399
00:18:10,618 --> 00:18:14,290
So that's what led
to my vision loss

400
00:18:14,325 --> 00:18:17,293
and it didn't really have
an impact on me

401
00:18:17,328 --> 00:18:19,757
as much as,
say maybe other students

402
00:18:19,792 --> 00:18:21,891
who may recently
just lost their vision,

403
00:18:21,926 --> 00:18:23,629
but it did have an impact on me.

404
00:18:23,664 --> 00:18:26,698
But I'm still here and
I'm able to move on from that.

405
00:18:26,733 --> 00:18:29,635
I would like to, like, go
exploring to like Mount Everest.

406
00:18:29,670 --> 00:18:31,373
That's one place
I'd like to hike.

407
00:18:31,408 --> 00:18:33,507
You may think I may not
be able to do it but I can.

408
00:18:33,542 --> 00:18:36,543
Just like I'm able to do pretty
much anything you're doing,

409
00:18:36,578 --> 00:18:38,182
I could do as well.

410
00:18:38,217 --> 00:18:46,217
♪

411
00:18:50,592 --> 00:18:52,559
I was kind of nervous
because I would be...

412
00:18:52,594 --> 00:18:54,572
Like, it would be my first time
in the middle of the ocean

413
00:18:54,596 --> 00:18:57,267
and I didn't know how to swim.

414
00:18:57,302 --> 00:18:59,764
They tried talking to me
about getting in the water

415
00:18:59,799 --> 00:19:01,480
and the reason why
I ended up getting in the water

416
00:19:01,504 --> 00:19:03,834
was because
everyone else was there

417
00:19:03,869 --> 00:19:05,748
and I'm pretty sure I would've
probably been the only one

418
00:19:05,772 --> 00:19:07,904
on the boat if I wouldn't have
gotten in the water.

419
00:19:07,939 --> 00:19:09,477
And that kind of motivated me

420
00:19:09,512 --> 00:19:11,842
and then I also wanted
to try something new

421
00:19:11,877 --> 00:19:14,878
and that pretty much
seemed like a good idea.

422
00:19:14,913 --> 00:19:16,847
So I just tried it.

423
00:19:16,882 --> 00:19:18,849
Trust it.

424
00:19:18,884 --> 00:19:20,851
Trust it.
You're floating.

425
00:19:20,886 --> 00:19:23,689
It's below the surface.

426
00:19:23,724 --> 00:19:26,494
That's where it's supposed to
be, it's holding your weight.

427
00:19:26,529 --> 00:19:29,827
Look where your head is.

428
00:19:29,862 --> 00:19:31,565
You're in the ocean, bro.

429
00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:35,569
They gave me a floaty type thing
and a noodle.

430
00:19:35,604 --> 00:19:38,539
And basically, I was kind of
nervous getting in the water

431
00:19:38,574 --> 00:19:41,542
with that because
I didn't really trust it

432
00:19:41,577 --> 00:19:43,577
and I still really don't

433
00:19:43,612 --> 00:19:48,285
but that was the only thing
I had so,

434
00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:52,751
I guess that's why
I decided to kind of try it.

435
00:19:52,786 --> 00:19:54,324
Let's see you...

436
00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:56,260
Remember how we told you
to do this

437
00:19:56,295 --> 00:19:59,692
so you tread water?

438
00:19:59,727 --> 00:20:02,695
You can try it,
it's underneath your...

439
00:20:05,337 --> 00:20:09,900
Okay, that's between your legs,
it's not getting out.

440
00:20:09,935 --> 00:20:11,836
See? Yeah, brother!

441
00:20:11,871 --> 00:20:13,673
You are treading the water!

442
00:20:20,649 --> 00:20:23,012
- And the color of this water?
- I have no idea.

443
00:20:23,047 --> 00:20:26,719
Turquoise, turquoise!

444
00:20:26,754 --> 00:20:28,754
It's like light blue
with a little green

445
00:20:28,789 --> 00:20:31,262
all at the same time.

446
00:20:32,661 --> 00:20:34,595
Ready, I'm putting
my hands on my head

447
00:20:34,630 --> 00:20:38,467
to show you you
are completely self sufficient.

448
00:20:38,502 --> 00:20:40,865
No, no, no.
He's just smiling.

449
00:20:40,900 --> 00:20:43,604
I'll know when you're...

450
00:20:43,639 --> 00:20:44,935
Hi, camera.

451
00:20:44,970 --> 00:20:50,281
♪

452
00:20:50,316 --> 00:20:53,515
So we're gonna swim to shore.

453
00:20:53,550 --> 00:20:55,682
I was just really determined
to get to the shore

454
00:20:55,717 --> 00:20:59,620
because once I was
kind of halfway there

455
00:20:59,655 --> 00:21:01,017
I didn't feel like turning back

456
00:21:01,052 --> 00:21:04,427
because I already made it
so far, in my opinion.

457
00:21:04,462 --> 00:21:08,057
So I just wanted to see
if I was actually able

458
00:21:08,092 --> 00:21:11,698
to make it to shore
and I was able to.

459
00:21:11,733 --> 00:21:13,502
After making it to shore,

460
00:21:13,537 --> 00:21:15,570
I was kind of
just proud of myself

461
00:21:15,605 --> 00:21:17,440
because I didn't think
I was going to

462
00:21:17,475 --> 00:21:19,409
be able to make it there

463
00:21:19,444 --> 00:21:22,610
and then I was also really
tired once I made it there.

464
00:21:22,645 --> 00:21:24,579
I just ended up
dropping the floaty

465
00:21:24,614 --> 00:21:27,582
and I ended up using the pool
noodle kind of like a cane

466
00:21:27,617 --> 00:21:29,716
and then just started
exploring the beach.

467
00:21:29,751 --> 00:21:33,423
♪

468
00:21:33,458 --> 00:21:35,535
I'm really excited to be
part of the Blind Buccaneers

469
00:21:35,559 --> 00:21:38,461
and my mom says
that she knows I can do it

470
00:21:38,496 --> 00:21:40,089
even though it's something new.

471
00:21:40,124 --> 00:21:42,003
And I actually never thought
this would actually happen.

472
00:21:42,027 --> 00:21:46,832
I thought I would always
just be here in Phoenix.

473
00:21:50,904 --> 00:21:53,003
♪

474
00:21:53,038 --> 00:21:56,105
So initially I was
very excited to go SNUBA diving

475
00:21:56,140 --> 00:21:58,382
and I didn't know
much about the process.

476
00:21:58,417 --> 00:22:00,450
I had just never
done anything like that before

477
00:22:00,485 --> 00:22:02,419
and so I was ready
to try something new.

478
00:22:02,454 --> 00:22:04,553
And then they informed us
how we were gonna do it.

479
00:22:04,588 --> 00:22:05,994
And so there was
going to be a raft

480
00:22:06,018 --> 00:22:07,787
that had a whole bunch of oxygen

481
00:22:07,822 --> 00:22:09,591
and we were going to be
connected to lines

482
00:22:09,626 --> 00:22:12,396
and we could travel 19 feet down

483
00:22:12,431 --> 00:22:15,828
and we wouldn't have
a tank connected to our backs

484
00:22:15,863 --> 00:22:18,028
or anything, we would just be
connected to the rafts.

485
00:22:18,063 --> 00:22:20,030
The way we would breathe

486
00:22:20,065 --> 00:22:21,900
is there would be
a line coming down

487
00:22:21,935 --> 00:22:23,385
and there would be
a little mouth piece.

488
00:22:23,409 --> 00:22:25,046
And we had to bite down
on that mouth piece

489
00:22:25,070 --> 00:22:27,708
and that's how we were supposed
to breathe underwater.

490
00:22:27,743 --> 00:22:30,106
And so learning about that
kind of made me nervous

491
00:22:30,141 --> 00:22:34,451
because they like
really enforced the idea

492
00:22:34,486 --> 00:22:36,618
that we could not
let go of that mouthpiece

493
00:22:36,653 --> 00:22:39,654
otherwise we would
not be breathing underwater.

494
00:22:39,689 --> 00:22:41,788
I was excited
when I left that boat.

495
00:22:41,823 --> 00:22:44,758
My first time SNUBA diving
or scuba diving,

496
00:22:44,793 --> 00:22:47,431
doing anything underwater
with a mouthpiece.

497
00:22:47,466 --> 00:22:49,125
Like, I was excited.

498
00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:55,032
♪

499
00:22:55,067 --> 00:22:57,705
I didn't really know
like what to expect

500
00:22:57,740 --> 00:22:59,410
'cause I'd never done it before.

501
00:22:59,445 --> 00:23:01,544
But then I was excited
'cause, you know,

502
00:23:01,579 --> 00:23:04,140
it was something new
and I like trying new things.

503
00:23:04,175 --> 00:23:07,418
♪

504
00:23:07,453 --> 00:23:09,882
I was really, I guess, terrified

505
00:23:09,917 --> 00:23:11,686
is the word I'm going to use.

506
00:23:11,721 --> 00:23:12,995
I didn't think I was
really good at swimming

507
00:23:13,019 --> 00:23:15,118
so I did not trust
being underwater.

508
00:23:15,153 --> 00:23:18,693
Then, when they were asking
our parents for permission

509
00:23:18,728 --> 00:23:21,135
I was really hoping my mom would
not respond to the text message,

510
00:23:21,159 --> 00:23:23,764
but she ended up
saying it was okay.

511
00:23:23,799 --> 00:23:27,097
I've never been SNUBA diving
before that time.

512
00:23:27,132 --> 00:23:28,736
Although, I was quite surprised

513
00:23:28,771 --> 00:23:30,969
they had to put weights in me.

514
00:23:31,004 --> 00:23:33,070
It never occurred to me
you'd have to put weights

515
00:23:33,105 --> 00:23:35,446
to sink on purpose.

516
00:23:35,481 --> 00:23:36,645
I feel like, I don't know,

517
00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:38,174
you just sink on your own.

518
00:23:38,209 --> 00:23:40,077
They got me in the water

519
00:23:40,112 --> 00:23:42,750
and the guide
had me put the mask on

520
00:23:42,785 --> 00:23:45,489
and figure out
how the oxygen works.

521
00:23:45,524 --> 00:23:46,765
I had a lot of trouble
figuring out

522
00:23:46,789 --> 00:23:47,953
how to breathe underwater

523
00:23:47,988 --> 00:23:50,494
'cause it's so counterintuitive.

524
00:23:50,529 --> 00:23:52,463
Then I got the hang of it.

525
00:23:52,498 --> 00:23:55,092
I was really excited
but I also didn't want to let go

526
00:23:55,127 --> 00:23:56,863
of the guide
'cause I was frightened

527
00:23:56,898 --> 00:23:58,832
that I'd like float away
or something.

528
00:23:58,867 --> 00:24:01,230
Gravity didn't feel like
a thing anymore

529
00:24:01,265 --> 00:24:02,968
'cause I was in the water.

530
00:24:03,003 --> 00:24:05,773
So I had complete movement.

531
00:24:05,808 --> 00:24:09,172
I didn't have to worry
about like running into things

532
00:24:09,207 --> 00:24:11,042
or falling over or whatever.

533
00:24:11,077 --> 00:24:13,913
So I just started swimming

534
00:24:13,948 --> 00:24:18,115
and swimming down
'cause I wanted to go down.

535
00:24:18,150 --> 00:24:19,985
The main thing
that I was concerned about

536
00:24:20,020 --> 00:24:22,218
was just the water pressure
'cause I have glaucoma.

537
00:24:22,253 --> 00:24:24,528
But I'm like, okay,
I'll just go halfway down

538
00:24:24,563 --> 00:24:27,597
and I will not worry
about it at all.

539
00:24:27,632 --> 00:24:29,258
Being in the water,
it felt good.

540
00:24:29,293 --> 00:24:32,635
Like you could pretty much
move around freely.

541
00:24:32,670 --> 00:24:36,133
So then, we went down at around,
I think it was like 10, 15 feet,

542
00:24:36,168 --> 00:24:39,202
I started tugging on the guide
to kind of like let me up

543
00:24:39,237 --> 00:24:42,876
'cause I started feeling
the pressure like a bit more.

544
00:24:42,911 --> 00:24:44,284
But I don't think
he got the message

545
00:24:44,308 --> 00:24:47,551
and my left eardrum bursted

546
00:24:47,586 --> 00:24:50,719
and I was in pretty bad pain.

547
00:24:50,754 --> 00:24:52,864
Not during... it took at least
a good minute and a half

548
00:24:52,888 --> 00:24:56,153
for the pain to finally come in.

549
00:24:56,188 --> 00:25:00,091
But I was able to touch
some coral down there before.

550
00:25:00,126 --> 00:25:02,104
Growing up, we're always taught
you can't breathe underwater

551
00:25:02,128 --> 00:25:06,229
so it was one of those things
where it was like...

552
00:25:06,264 --> 00:25:08,110
I was like panicking
under the water even though

553
00:25:08,134 --> 00:25:10,035
I had help and I knew
I was going to be good.

554
00:25:10,070 --> 00:25:13,137
It was just basically
like a natural reaction

555
00:25:13,172 --> 00:25:16,679
to just being underwater
and trying to breathe.

556
00:25:16,714 --> 00:25:20,045
But I mean, as soon as
we got the mask fixed

557
00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:24,313
and I got used to using
the mouth guard to breathe

558
00:25:24,348 --> 00:25:26,953
we just went down there
and looked at stuff

559
00:25:26,988 --> 00:25:28,966
for a little bit and then
I just picked up a shell

560
00:25:28,990 --> 00:25:31,023
and came back up.

561
00:25:31,058 --> 00:25:33,223
Yeah,
with the breathing apparatus

562
00:25:33,258 --> 00:25:35,632
I mean, I had a little bit
of trouble

563
00:25:35,667 --> 00:25:38,228
'cause like for
the first couple of seconds,

564
00:25:38,263 --> 00:25:39,943
you know, I breathed in
water accidentally

565
00:25:39,968 --> 00:25:42,771
and I was kind of freaking out,
I guess.

566
00:25:42,806 --> 00:25:45,840
But then like I kind of
immediately came back up.

567
00:25:45,875 --> 00:25:48,172
The person with me,
they kind of just told me

568
00:25:48,207 --> 00:25:51,780
you have to have
a tighter grip on the...

569
00:25:51,815 --> 00:25:54,013
Like a tighter bite
on the apparatus

570
00:25:54,048 --> 00:25:56,213
so you don't breathe
in the water.

571
00:25:56,248 --> 00:25:58,919
Basically, they tried
convincing me to go underwater.

572
00:25:58,954 --> 00:26:02,021
They succeeded,
but it took a lot of convincing.

573
00:26:02,056 --> 00:26:05,695
Once I actually went underwater
I was just very terrified

574
00:26:05,730 --> 00:26:09,732
and I was trying to get
to the surface, I guess.

575
00:26:09,767 --> 00:26:13,769
But I went underwater,
I think it was 16 feet

576
00:26:13,804 --> 00:26:14,737
and the ocean was...

577
00:26:14,772 --> 00:26:17,938
Like that part of where
I was at was 17 feet.

578
00:26:17,973 --> 00:26:21,271
So I was one foot away but
then I kind of started panicking

579
00:26:21,306 --> 00:26:24,780
and tried swimming up
to the surface.

580
00:26:24,815 --> 00:26:27,211
No, if I got the opportunity
I would not go again.

581
00:26:27,246 --> 00:26:31,820
That was too terrifying.

582
00:26:31,855 --> 00:26:34,053
If anyone would like to try it,
sure.

583
00:26:34,088 --> 00:26:35,197
I'm fine with them trying it

584
00:26:35,221 --> 00:26:37,826
but I do not recommend it.

585
00:26:37,861 --> 00:26:41,126
When I was in the water I was
having a little bit of problems

586
00:26:41,161 --> 00:26:44,360
because my ears
wouldn't quite pop

587
00:26:44,395 --> 00:26:48,166
but then all of a sudden,
my guide got really excited

588
00:26:48,201 --> 00:26:50,839
and I'm like, what's going on?

589
00:26:50,874 --> 00:26:53,677
And I just see
three large masses

590
00:26:53,712 --> 00:26:55,371
and I thought they were sharks

591
00:26:55,406 --> 00:26:57,912
so I have to try not to scream.

592
00:26:57,947 --> 00:27:00,145
But then as soon as I realized
they were dolphins

593
00:27:00,180 --> 00:27:03,313
I get really excited and I just
start swimming towards them

594
00:27:03,348 --> 00:27:05,084
and they're swimming towards me

595
00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:07,416
and at one point, one of them
actually touches my legs

596
00:27:07,451 --> 00:27:10,386
and it's definitely an
experience I will never forget.

597
00:27:10,421 --> 00:27:13,257
♪

598
00:27:13,292 --> 00:27:17,965
Once I turned 11,
I started losing my vision

599
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,803
very rapidly
and we could not figure out why.

600
00:27:20,838 --> 00:27:22,277
So we started doing
a bunch of tests,

601
00:27:22,301 --> 00:27:24,741
going to a million
different doctors.

602
00:27:24,776 --> 00:27:27,007
And then they kept saying

603
00:27:27,042 --> 00:27:29,042
"All we can do
is provide glasses."

604
00:27:29,077 --> 00:27:32,815
So we eventually
went to Ohio State

605
00:27:32,850 --> 00:27:35,884
and did some testing there
and they diagnosed me

606
00:27:35,919 --> 00:27:38,447
with cancerous autoimmune
retinopathy,

607
00:27:38,482 --> 00:27:41,890
which basically means
that I don't just have

608
00:27:41,925 --> 00:27:44,387
a vision problem,
everything else in my body

609
00:27:44,422 --> 00:27:46,829
can be attacked
at any point in time.

610
00:27:46,864 --> 00:27:50,294
Things can be very blurry
at times.

611
00:27:50,329 --> 00:27:54,298
The most correctable vision
with glasses is 20/40.

612
00:27:54,333 --> 00:27:56,465
Colors can sometimes
blend together

613
00:27:56,500 --> 00:27:59,138
and I'm very sensitive to light

614
00:27:59,173 --> 00:28:00,777
and just things like that,

615
00:28:00,812 --> 00:28:04,748
things that people find
so easy to see

616
00:28:04,783 --> 00:28:08,213
can be incredibly difficult
to me sometimes.

617
00:28:08,248 --> 00:28:11,447
You think I can't do it
and I know I can

618
00:28:11,482 --> 00:28:15,418
so it's time for you
to know that I can.

619
00:28:20,128 --> 00:28:28,128
♪

620
00:28:38,476 --> 00:28:41,312
Thank you. A pirate.

621
00:28:41,347 --> 00:28:44,513
Good morning,
I'm Captain Havier.

622
00:28:44,548 --> 00:28:47,120
We're getting ready to sail
from Fajardo,

623
00:28:47,155 --> 00:28:50,453
the east side of Puerto Rico
to Culebra.

624
00:28:50,488 --> 00:28:53,764
It's blowing harder,
the wind's blowing harder today.

625
00:28:53,799 --> 00:28:56,833
It's blowing around
20, 25 knots.

626
00:28:56,868 --> 00:29:00,936
We're going to go to the east
towards Culebra Island

627
00:29:00,971 --> 00:29:04,203
That's 18 nautical miles.

628
00:29:04,238 --> 00:29:05,446
We're probably going to be
running

629
00:29:05,470 --> 00:29:08,372
at between five and seven knots.

630
00:29:08,407 --> 00:29:10,847
So it should take us between
three to four hours

631
00:29:10,882 --> 00:29:13,443
to get there,
it's going to be a little rough

632
00:29:13,478 --> 00:29:16,545
but we'll get there safe.

633
00:29:27,998 --> 00:29:30,328
One thing I can say is,

634
00:29:30,363 --> 00:29:34,904
when we were out there
in that storm that we hit,

635
00:29:34,939 --> 00:29:39,172
I know probably some of those
visually impaired kids

636
00:29:39,207 --> 00:29:41,075
weren't...

637
00:29:41,110 --> 00:29:43,341
totally aware of the situation.

638
00:29:43,376 --> 00:29:44,947
It was howling.

639
00:29:44,982 --> 00:29:47,213
I talked to some property owner
on the island

640
00:29:47,248 --> 00:29:49,413
that was living
at the top of that island

641
00:29:49,448 --> 00:29:53,417
and he said at his house
it was hitting 70 miles an hour.

642
00:29:53,452 --> 00:29:55,221
Lightning strikes, you know,

643
00:29:55,256 --> 00:29:56,992
within a mile of us, right.

644
00:29:57,027 --> 00:29:59,863
So it was pretty intense.

645
00:29:59,898 --> 00:30:02,525
It had, you know,
the hair on the back of my neck

646
00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:04,197
straight up
and it had my attention.

647
00:30:04,232 --> 00:30:07,904
So for those kids
to go through that...

648
00:30:09,369 --> 00:30:11,204
The whole boat
was just like moving

649
00:30:11,239 --> 00:30:13,569
and I was having to stand,
'cause I'm super short,

650
00:30:13,604 --> 00:30:16,110
so I was having to stand
like at the wheel

651
00:30:16,145 --> 00:30:17,848
and it was
like throwing me around.

652
00:30:17,883 --> 00:30:20,411
And so I was going like
from side to side to side

653
00:30:20,446 --> 00:30:22,215
and everyone was having
to like hold on

654
00:30:22,250 --> 00:30:24,921
to like the stairs
and hold on to their hats.

655
00:30:24,956 --> 00:30:27,154
The storm, I enjoyed it.

656
00:30:27,189 --> 00:30:28,518
I know it's like it's a storm

657
00:30:28,553 --> 00:30:31,928
but I feel like that day
was like the best day

658
00:30:31,963 --> 00:30:33,930
out of like all of them for me.

659
00:30:33,965 --> 00:30:36,394
Because I felt like
there's more action

660
00:30:36,429 --> 00:30:39,199
and I was kind of putting
like what I know so far

661
00:30:39,234 --> 00:30:40,937
like into use

662
00:30:40,972 --> 00:30:42,400
while doing it quickly

663
00:30:42,435 --> 00:30:44,204
and just working
with my friends.

664
00:30:44,239 --> 00:30:46,074
And I just liked feeling,
you know,

665
00:30:46,109 --> 00:30:47,878
the rain drops and then the wind

666
00:30:47,913 --> 00:30:50,309
and how we were doing
everything at a fast pace.

667
00:30:50,344 --> 00:30:51,915
I enjoyed that day.

668
00:30:51,950 --> 00:30:53,279
Like that was like the best day

669
00:30:53,314 --> 00:30:54,643
out of all of them.

670
00:30:54,678 --> 00:30:56,579
I just loved it.

671
00:30:59,254 --> 00:31:01,892
It was definitely something new

672
00:31:01,927 --> 00:31:05,324
that we were never going
to experience back at home.

673
00:31:05,359 --> 00:31:06,655
Going through the storms

674
00:31:06,690 --> 00:31:09,933
and it just felt
right out of a movie

675
00:31:09,968 --> 00:31:12,430
in terms of like, this doesn't
happen in real life,

676
00:31:12,465 --> 00:31:14,333
but it was.

677
00:31:14,368 --> 00:31:17,138
So I was a little like,
can we go up on deck

678
00:31:17,173 --> 00:31:19,206
and like see everything
for ourselves

679
00:31:19,241 --> 00:31:21,307
or go stand at the top
and they're like no,

680
00:31:21,342 --> 00:31:22,979
you will end up in the water.

681
00:31:23,014 --> 00:31:25,476
The storm, I think it
was the worst for me 'cause...

682
00:31:25,511 --> 00:31:27,148
Well, for my boat

683
00:31:27,183 --> 00:31:31,449
because I got motion sickness.

684
00:31:31,484 --> 00:31:34,419
Before, the waves weren't as big

685
00:31:34,454 --> 00:31:36,157
but there it was moving us a lot

686
00:31:36,192 --> 00:31:39,457
and we were up at the top.

687
00:31:39,492 --> 00:31:42,592
It was a big bench
and we were all sitting there.

688
00:31:42,627 --> 00:31:46,596
Then I got really dizzy
and I had to go down to the deck

689
00:31:46,631 --> 00:31:51,436
and get some pills
and just drink a lot of water.

690
00:32:01,679 --> 00:32:03,217
Keep going, guys, keep going.

691
00:32:03,252 --> 00:32:04,581
Keep going, keep going.

692
00:32:04,616 --> 00:32:06,451
♪

693
00:32:06,486 --> 00:32:10,158
I was at the mast
trying to pull down

694
00:32:10,193 --> 00:32:13,623
while everyone
like pulled back at the...

695
00:32:13,658 --> 00:32:17,231
Near the wheel of the boat.

696
00:32:17,266 --> 00:32:20,399
So I was mainly the main force
pulling it up.

697
00:32:20,434 --> 00:32:23,039
It was pretty interesting
with the waves

698
00:32:23,074 --> 00:32:25,239
'cause they
were really rocking us.

699
00:32:25,274 --> 00:32:28,572
I was like being lifted off
the deck

700
00:32:28,607 --> 00:32:30,409
whenever it came up

701
00:32:30,444 --> 00:32:32,477
and then it went
right back down.

702
00:32:32,512 --> 00:32:34,083
So I was like floating there

703
00:32:34,118 --> 00:32:37,350
but sometimes
I would lose my balance

704
00:32:37,385 --> 00:32:41,024
and have to readjust
where I was.

705
00:32:41,059 --> 00:32:43,686
I stayed at the helm
the entire time.

706
00:32:43,721 --> 00:32:46,755
I was the furthest starboard
of anyone.

707
00:32:46,790 --> 00:32:48,625
So I was closest to the water

708
00:32:48,660 --> 00:32:51,034
which meant I had the least
amount of protection

709
00:32:51,069 --> 00:32:53,663
from the wind
and I didn't have a jacket...

710
00:32:53,698 --> 00:32:55,269
Rain jacket or anything.

711
00:32:55,304 --> 00:32:58,767
So I was sitting there
shivering and drenched

712
00:32:58,802 --> 00:33:01,473
like I had actually
gotten in the water,

713
00:33:01,508 --> 00:33:03,574
and laughing.

714
00:33:08,812 --> 00:33:11,582
I am very competent.

715
00:33:11,617 --> 00:33:15,157
But other than that,

716
00:33:15,192 --> 00:33:18,523
I still don't really know
what to expect of the trip.

717
00:33:18,558 --> 00:33:21,031
I learned how to swim
a really long time ago

718
00:33:21,066 --> 00:33:22,395
but that's being in the water.

719
00:33:22,430 --> 00:33:23,759
But that's about the only thing

720
00:33:23,794 --> 00:33:27,334
that swimming and sailing
have in common.

721
00:33:27,369 --> 00:33:30,073
Well, I'm a 24-week preemie.

722
00:33:30,108 --> 00:33:32,603
So when I was born
I was one pound, five ounces.

723
00:33:32,638 --> 00:33:35,078
I quickly lost my left eye

724
00:33:35,113 --> 00:33:37,542
when I was about six months old

725
00:33:37,577 --> 00:33:40,380
and my right eye
was slowly dying.

726
00:33:40,415 --> 00:33:44,615
It seemed okay
and then in middle school

727
00:33:44,650 --> 00:33:47,123
it really started accelerating

728
00:33:47,158 --> 00:33:49,224
and it started
dying a lot faster.

729
00:33:49,259 --> 00:33:55,296
And then, it was the week of
the standardized state testing,

730
00:33:55,331 --> 00:33:57,067
when I was in eighth grade,

731
00:33:57,102 --> 00:33:59,399
and I had been using my eye
a lot

732
00:33:59,434 --> 00:34:01,368
and so it was in a lot of pain.

733
00:34:01,403 --> 00:34:05,339
And April 4, 2016
I opened up my iPad.

734
00:34:05,374 --> 00:34:07,770
It was early in the morning

735
00:34:07,805 --> 00:34:09,805
and I was going to
write down my homework

736
00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:13,644
for my first class
in a document that I had

737
00:34:13,679 --> 00:34:18,550
and the font size was like
48 or something really big

738
00:34:18,585 --> 00:34:21,784
and the contrast between
the letters and the background

739
00:34:21,819 --> 00:34:23,786
was so bad I couldn't see it.

740
00:34:23,821 --> 00:34:31,332
So I don't know what caused me
to lose my vision on that day

741
00:34:31,367 --> 00:34:34,269
but I think it
was how stressed I was

742
00:34:34,304 --> 00:34:36,238
from the testing
the week earlier.

743
00:34:36,273 --> 00:34:38,603
We have other senses
than just our eyes

744
00:34:38,638 --> 00:34:42,112
and everybody else depends
on their eyes so much,

745
00:34:42,147 --> 00:34:47,414
sometimes they don't really
focus on their smell

746
00:34:47,449 --> 00:34:50,780
or their hearing and I do

747
00:34:50,815 --> 00:34:54,520
so I can still sail
like a sighted person.

748
00:34:54,555 --> 00:34:57,655
I just do it differently.

749
00:34:57,690 --> 00:35:04,233
♪

750
00:35:04,268 --> 00:35:07,632
So they said, you know,
we're going to go to the beach

751
00:35:07,667 --> 00:35:15,178
but first,
we have to climb this mountain

752
00:35:15,213 --> 00:35:20,315
and get all the way up
to a lighthouse

753
00:35:20,350 --> 00:35:22,746
and then come back down.

754
00:35:22,781 --> 00:35:27,157
I will say this,
we were all unprepared.

755
00:35:27,192 --> 00:35:28,686
I think it was miscommunication.

756
00:35:28,721 --> 00:35:32,360
They said hike
but it was implied walk

757
00:35:32,395 --> 00:35:35,231
and so people are like
shorts and flip-flops, great.

758
00:35:35,266 --> 00:35:36,562
We'll go, no bug spray,

759
00:35:36,597 --> 00:35:38,663
it will be like 20 minutes.

760
00:35:38,698 --> 00:35:41,864
No one had like trouble
with the walk

761
00:35:41,899 --> 00:35:44,504
like cardio-wise or anything.

762
00:35:44,539 --> 00:35:46,935
But it was more of mobility.

763
00:35:46,970 --> 00:35:51,379
Just moving and getting...

764
00:35:51,414 --> 00:35:55,416
Choosing the right path that
isn't as hard for them to go.

765
00:35:55,451 --> 00:35:58,782
♪

766
00:35:58,817 --> 00:36:01,422
There wasn't just
one or two mosquitoes.

767
00:36:01,457 --> 00:36:03,721
There were swarms of them

768
00:36:03,756 --> 00:36:05,624
and they weren't
exactly mosquitoes

769
00:36:05,659 --> 00:36:07,494
you want to get bitten by.

770
00:36:07,529 --> 00:36:09,529
I was lucky enough
to only end up

771
00:36:09,564 --> 00:36:11,234
with a few mosquito bites.

772
00:36:11,269 --> 00:36:15,205
But I know some people
who ended up with over 100.

773
00:36:15,240 --> 00:36:18,307
That hike was not fun at all.

774
00:36:18,342 --> 00:36:20,375
I wanted to just
like turn around

775
00:36:20,410 --> 00:36:21,772
and go back to the boat.

776
00:36:21,807 --> 00:36:25,710
I tried my hardest
and I just kept going

777
00:36:25,745 --> 00:36:27,745
until I got up there

778
00:36:27,780 --> 00:36:32,651
'cause I knew that there was
something cool waiting for me

779
00:36:32,686 --> 00:36:35,390
which was a lighthouse.

780
00:36:35,425 --> 00:36:37,326
I just liked exploring that

781
00:36:37,361 --> 00:36:40,626
and learning about the history

782
00:36:40,661 --> 00:36:44,630
and when I got up to the top
of that mountain

783
00:36:44,665 --> 00:36:48,403
I was like
"Wow, that was really difficult

784
00:36:48,438 --> 00:36:54,475
and if I can do this
then I can do anything."

785
00:36:54,510 --> 00:36:57,874
I got to explore the lighthouse

786
00:36:57,909 --> 00:36:59,546
and look out at the island

787
00:36:59,581 --> 00:37:03,979
from, you know,
just really high vantage points

788
00:37:04,014 --> 00:37:05,948
and it was just really cool

789
00:37:05,983 --> 00:37:09,886
to like see just all
the stuff going on around me

790
00:37:09,921 --> 00:37:13,923
and to learn about
the history of this island

791
00:37:13,958 --> 00:37:16,959
and then coming back down
to the beach

792
00:37:16,994 --> 00:37:21,766
was really awesome
because we got to enjoy that.

793
00:37:21,801 --> 00:37:24,307
And so it was worth it.

794
00:37:24,342 --> 00:37:26,474
♪

795
00:37:26,509 --> 00:37:28,707
I was born at 24 weeks

796
00:37:28,742 --> 00:37:30,973
and I was placed in an incubator

797
00:37:31,008 --> 00:37:33,415
at this German hospital.

798
00:37:33,450 --> 00:37:35,010
And my parents stood by my side

799
00:37:35,045 --> 00:37:36,979
every step of the way.

800
00:37:37,014 --> 00:37:39,421
But due to the oxygen
that was needed

801
00:37:39,456 --> 00:37:42,655
to keep my brain alive
and keep me alive,

802
00:37:42,690 --> 00:37:44,954
I developed ROP.

803
00:37:44,989 --> 00:37:49,596
So I was flown to a hospital
in Detroit

804
00:37:49,631 --> 00:37:52,027
with the best eye surgeon ever

805
00:37:52,062 --> 00:37:55,437
on an emergency passport

806
00:37:55,472 --> 00:37:59,067
and I met Dr. Trese

807
00:37:59,102 --> 00:38:02,444
and he couldn't save my left eye

808
00:38:02,479 --> 00:38:05,040
but he did save my right eye.

809
00:38:05,075 --> 00:38:09,979
And my distance vision
is not very good

810
00:38:10,014 --> 00:38:11,915
but I can see things
that are up close.

811
00:38:11,950 --> 00:38:15,919
So I'll never be able
to drive or fly a plane

812
00:38:15,954 --> 00:38:18,460
or anything like that.

813
00:38:18,495 --> 00:38:21,694
But I always try to live my life
to the fullest

814
00:38:21,729 --> 00:38:24,499
regardless of the fact
that I can't see very well.

815
00:38:24,534 --> 00:38:27,403
♪ Why would you
look outside yourself ♪

816
00:38:27,438 --> 00:38:29,405
♪ When you have ♪

817
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:32,441
♪ All of the world inside ♪

818
00:38:32,476 --> 00:38:33,970
♪ One, two, three, four ♪

819
00:38:34,005 --> 00:38:42,005
♪

820
00:38:46,424 --> 00:38:49,623
♪ Yeah, your heart is a sun ♪

821
00:38:49,658 --> 00:38:52,923
♪ And is shines
as it opens ♪

822
00:38:52,958 --> 00:38:55,893
♪ Your heart is a sun ♪

823
00:38:55,928 --> 00:38:57,598
♪ And it shines ♪

824
00:38:57,633 --> 00:38:59,127
♪ As it opens ♪

825
00:38:59,162 --> 00:39:00,766
♪ Yeah, your heart ♪

826
00:39:00,801 --> 00:39:02,130
♪ Is a sun ♪

827
00:39:02,165 --> 00:39:06,508
♪ And it shines as it opens ♪

828
00:39:06,543 --> 00:39:07,773
My vision is like...

829
00:39:08,842 --> 00:39:11,414
this.

830
00:39:12,615 --> 00:39:14,043
I was swimming one day,

831
00:39:14,078 --> 00:39:15,110
everything was fine.

832
00:39:15,145 --> 00:39:17,079
Just a normal day at the pool.

833
00:39:17,114 --> 00:39:18,982
I come out the water,
everything's just

834
00:39:19,017 --> 00:39:21,149
really blurry and cloudy.

835
00:39:21,184 --> 00:39:23,151
Like just a bunch of...

836
00:39:23,186 --> 00:39:25,395
Like clouds came down
from the sky

837
00:39:25,430 --> 00:39:29,091
and just messed up everything,
like my entire vision.

838
00:39:29,126 --> 00:39:31,500
I was like "Ma, I can't see.

839
00:39:31,535 --> 00:39:33,601
I can't see,
I don't know where I'm at."

840
00:39:33,636 --> 00:39:37,572
I went the wrong way
and just knocked my face

841
00:39:37,607 --> 00:39:39,937
into a closet door handle.

842
00:39:39,972 --> 00:39:41,620
And she said "Oh no,
just give it a couple of weeks

843
00:39:41,644 --> 00:39:43,105
it will be all right."

844
00:39:43,140 --> 00:39:46,680
And the thing's called glaucoma,

845
00:39:46,715 --> 00:39:49,551
congenital glaucoma, I think.

846
00:39:49,586 --> 00:39:52,081
From there on I was just
completely blind.

847
00:39:52,116 --> 00:39:55,557
♪

848
00:39:55,592 --> 00:39:57,955
I've been playing football
since I was like probably

849
00:39:57,990 --> 00:40:00,496
four or five in my neighborhood,

850
00:40:00,531 --> 00:40:01,739
just playing with my big brother

851
00:40:01,763 --> 00:40:03,059
and all the other kids.

852
00:40:03,094 --> 00:40:05,468
I'm hoping
I can get a scholarship

853
00:40:05,503 --> 00:40:07,129
in either football or wrestling.

854
00:40:07,164 --> 00:40:08,768
You know, go to a good college

855
00:40:08,803 --> 00:40:11,903
where I can get some good
playing time

856
00:40:11,938 --> 00:40:15,005
and hopefully
I can be great enough

857
00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:18,976
to the point where
I can go to the NFL.

858
00:40:19,011 --> 00:40:20,483
There's honestly no challenges

859
00:40:20,518 --> 00:40:22,881
it's stuff to work around
and stuff

860
00:40:22,916 --> 00:40:25,686
that I can just do differently.

861
00:40:25,721 --> 00:40:28,491
FBC has taught me a lot
of things, you know.

862
00:40:28,526 --> 00:40:30,790
They taught me how
to just use a cane,

863
00:40:30,825 --> 00:40:32,693
brail writer,
all that type of stuff.

864
00:40:32,728 --> 00:40:36,895
They showed me that
I can do whatever I wanted

865
00:40:36,930 --> 00:40:38,666
as a blind person.

866
00:40:38,701 --> 00:40:40,932
Look at people like me

867
00:40:40,967 --> 00:40:43,968
and just know that you can
do whatever you want

868
00:40:44,003 --> 00:40:46,135
no matter your circumstances

869
00:40:46,170 --> 00:40:49,941
and you should just do you,
you know.

870
00:40:49,976 --> 00:40:52,746
Don't let people dictate
how your life should be,

871
00:40:52,781 --> 00:40:54,946
or what you can and can't do.

872
00:40:54,981 --> 00:40:57,245
Just live your life
'cause you only live once.

873
00:40:57,280 --> 00:40:59,148
So there's no reason
that I shouldn't

874
00:40:59,183 --> 00:41:01,084
be able to do this.

875
00:41:01,119 --> 00:41:03,955
Nothing should be
that difficult.

876
00:41:03,990 --> 00:41:07,629
I think I should be
perfectly fine after this.

877
00:41:07,664 --> 00:41:10,929
It's just another adventure
to go on.

878
00:41:10,964 --> 00:41:13,767
♪

879
00:41:15,672 --> 00:41:17,133
The people there
were really nice

880
00:41:17,168 --> 00:41:18,673
and really helpful.

881
00:41:18,708 --> 00:41:20,576
Like, when we were trying
to figure out

882
00:41:20,611 --> 00:41:23,172
where the shop was, um,

883
00:41:23,207 --> 00:41:26,648
Erin and Alma, they went
to go ask some people,

884
00:41:26,683 --> 00:41:29,244
and there was this one guy
who told them where it was,

885
00:41:29,279 --> 00:41:32,016
and, then,
he followed in his car

886
00:41:32,051 --> 00:41:33,622
to make sure
that we all got there.

887
00:41:33,657 --> 00:41:35,217
Like, that's so nice of him.

888
00:41:35,252 --> 00:41:38,528
Well, one, walking through
a foreign place like that

889
00:41:38,563 --> 00:41:40,288
is really cool
because you get to see

890
00:41:40,323 --> 00:41:43,291
the structure and architecture

891
00:41:43,326 --> 00:41:46,228
of places that you never
really get to see.

892
00:41:46,263 --> 00:41:49,165
And, then, the whole family vibe

893
00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:52,234
that we got from just eating
at the ice cream shop

894
00:41:52,269 --> 00:41:54,038
and being crowded,

895
00:41:54,073 --> 00:41:57,239
and just all enjoying
our ice cream...

896
00:41:57,274 --> 00:42:05,274
♪

897
00:42:05,623 --> 00:42:07,194
We find this little
mom-and-pop ice cream shop

898
00:42:07,218 --> 00:42:08,987
and we go in.

899
00:42:09,022 --> 00:42:11,858
Some of the best ice cream
I've ever had, by the way.

900
00:42:11,893 --> 00:42:13,838
But, then, yeah, just sitting
in that ice cream shop,

901
00:42:13,862 --> 00:42:15,257
I was just talking to the group,

902
00:42:15,292 --> 00:42:18,326
and we kind of had
that moment of realization,

903
00:42:18,361 --> 00:42:20,702
like, "How are we here?

904
00:42:20,737 --> 00:42:23,298
Like, we were in Phoenix
like, less than a week ago,

905
00:42:23,333 --> 00:42:24,673
and now we're sitting

906
00:42:24,708 --> 00:42:26,180
in a little mom-and-pop
ice cream shop

907
00:42:26,204 --> 00:42:28,006
in... on the island of Culebra.

908
00:42:28,041 --> 00:42:29,579
Like, that's insane."

909
00:42:29,614 --> 00:42:31,339
It was insane to think about

910
00:42:31,374 --> 00:42:36,113
just because, like, none of us
ever even really knew...

911
00:42:36,148 --> 00:42:38,049
Ever even heard
about the island of Culebra,

912
00:42:38,084 --> 00:42:40,216
and here we were,
and we were interacting

913
00:42:40,251 --> 00:42:41,822
with the people who were there.

914
00:42:41,857 --> 00:42:43,725
And everyone who we talked to
was super nice

915
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:45,859
and super sweet.

916
00:42:45,894 --> 00:42:47,597
The more you give of yourself,

917
00:42:47,632 --> 00:42:49,764
the more people
will give to you.

918
00:42:49,799 --> 00:42:52,162
And there is nothing better
than a gift.

919
00:42:52,197 --> 00:42:54,769
Nothing better
than receiving a gift.

920
00:42:54,804 --> 00:42:56,276
So you guys all know
what it feels like

921
00:42:56,300 --> 00:42:59,708
to receive a gift, so imagine
being able to give a gift.

922
00:42:59,743 --> 00:43:02,876
What you're about to do
right now is give a gift.

923
00:43:02,911 --> 00:43:06,044
Now, it's gonna be nervous
for some of you,

924
00:43:06,079 --> 00:43:08,882
but I think you guys
can do it yourself.

925
00:43:08,917 --> 00:43:13,150
All right? I want you
to dig deep and share

926
00:43:13,185 --> 00:43:15,251
'cause this is powerful.

927
00:43:15,286 --> 00:43:19,288
So, here's the question again:

928
00:43:19,323 --> 00:43:23,831
where was that moment
in your life up to today

929
00:43:23,866 --> 00:43:26,669
that you will remember
for the rest of your life

930
00:43:26,704 --> 00:43:30,398
to say, "If I can do that,
I can do anything"?

931
00:43:30,433 --> 00:43:33,137
And so I said,
"I don't care if she dies,

932
00:43:33,172 --> 00:43:35,304
I don't care how soon it is,

933
00:43:35,339 --> 00:43:37,075
I don't care how long
I have with her,

934
00:43:37,110 --> 00:43:39,077
but I want her with me."

935
00:43:39,112 --> 00:43:41,849
And, so, we kept her,

936
00:43:41,884 --> 00:43:46,249
and she came
really, really close to dying.

937
00:43:46,284 --> 00:43:51,122
Um, but we started
feeding her the medicine

938
00:43:51,157 --> 00:43:53,729
and, day by day,
she slowly started

939
00:43:53,764 --> 00:43:55,863
regaining her strength,

940
00:43:55,898 --> 00:43:57,667
and I had been right all along.

941
00:43:57,702 --> 00:44:02,199
She, you know, survived
and she... she got through it.

942
00:44:02,234 --> 00:44:05,202
And, so, I don't know,
ever since then,

943
00:44:05,237 --> 00:44:08,106
it was kind of a thing of,
like, if that little kitten

944
00:44:08,141 --> 00:44:10,977
could get through almost dying,

945
00:44:11,012 --> 00:44:13,881
I can get through anything.

946
00:44:13,916 --> 00:44:16,114
- Mm.
- Yeah.

947
00:44:18,888 --> 00:44:22,252
Played my first
season of tackle,

948
00:44:22,287 --> 00:44:23,957
and it was cool and everything,

949
00:44:23,992 --> 00:44:26,388
but, like, she was
still talking to the coach

950
00:44:26,423 --> 00:44:28,731
behind my back,
saying, you know...

951
00:44:28,766 --> 00:44:31,701
But I guess later in the season,

952
00:44:31,736 --> 00:44:33,901
what happened was
I pretty much got the ball

953
00:44:33,936 --> 00:44:38,169
and I scored, but that kind of

954
00:44:38,204 --> 00:44:40,908
made me want to play
running back.

955
00:44:40,943 --> 00:44:45,044
And fast-forward
two or three years...

956
00:44:45,079 --> 00:44:48,113
No, actually four or five years,

957
00:44:48,148 --> 00:44:51,952
scored my first touchdown
in high school.

958
00:44:51,987 --> 00:44:53,349
Are really bad

959
00:44:53,384 --> 00:44:57,859
'cause I was... I was
really out of shape.

960
00:44:57,894 --> 00:45:02,325
I weighed way more than
I should've for my age.

961
00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:06,835
And the first hike
took four hours,

962
00:45:06,870 --> 00:45:09,233
and it was supposed to be,
like, an easy hike,

963
00:45:09,268 --> 00:45:10,905
but it took me four hours.

964
00:45:10,940 --> 00:45:14,469
I had, like, three
asthma attacks on the way up.

965
00:45:14,504 --> 00:45:16,108
But I didn't quit.

966
00:45:16,143 --> 00:45:18,814
Like, my mom asked me,
she told me it was fine

967
00:45:18,849 --> 00:45:21,080
if I just didn't go anymore,

968
00:45:21,115 --> 00:45:23,115
that it didn't matter, you know,

969
00:45:23,150 --> 00:45:25,018
she would still be proud of me
for trying,

970
00:45:25,053 --> 00:45:28,516
but I didn't give up,
I still kept going.

971
00:45:28,551 --> 00:45:30,892
And, um,

972
00:45:30,927 --> 00:45:34,797
it really helped
because every training,

973
00:45:34,832 --> 00:45:37,294
I got better and better at it.

974
00:45:37,329 --> 00:45:39,428
And over six months,

975
00:45:39,463 --> 00:45:42,530
I lost 16 pounds, and...

976
00:45:42,565 --> 00:45:44,202
♪

977
00:45:44,237 --> 00:45:48,239
We ended up testing me
for two different portions

978
00:45:48,274 --> 00:45:50,945
for cancerous
autoimmune retinopathy.

979
00:45:50,980 --> 00:45:53,211
They tested me
for the cancer part

980
00:45:53,246 --> 00:45:56,313
and the vision part,

981
00:45:56,348 --> 00:45:59,019
and I tested positive for both,

982
00:45:59,054 --> 00:46:03,518
and that's about
January of 2017.

983
00:46:03,553 --> 00:46:07,522
Uh, and so it was
kind of hard for me

984
00:46:07,557 --> 00:46:11,999
because I had
really good vision for so long.

985
00:46:12,034 --> 00:46:14,034
Um...

986
00:46:14,069 --> 00:46:22,069
♪

987
00:46:27,478 --> 00:46:29,346
It's all right.

988
00:46:29,381 --> 00:46:30,886
♪

989
00:46:30,921 --> 00:46:32,393
It was when I had
to go back to school

990
00:46:32,417 --> 00:46:35,550
with my cane.

991
00:46:35,585 --> 00:46:43,585
♪

992
00:46:45,595 --> 00:46:49,498
Proudest moment, uh,
when I first meet people,

993
00:46:49,533 --> 00:46:51,907
I don't trust them at all.

994
00:46:51,942 --> 00:46:54,910
My sister went
to the same school I did.

995
00:46:54,945 --> 00:46:58,848
A group of kids
that mainly bullied me,

996
00:46:58,883 --> 00:47:01,246
so it was just to gang up on me.

997
00:47:01,281 --> 00:47:06,416
I would usually try
to suppress my sadness.

998
00:47:06,451 --> 00:47:08,220
♪

999
00:47:08,255 --> 00:47:13,126
Also, not tell
my parents at all.

1000
00:47:13,161 --> 00:47:16,624
♪

1001
00:47:19,266 --> 00:47:20,562
♪

1002
00:47:20,597 --> 00:47:24,368
So, this day was...

1003
00:47:24,403 --> 00:47:27,404
Started out like any other.

1004
00:47:27,439 --> 00:47:29,406
♪

1005
00:47:29,441 --> 00:47:31,309
Me, sitting...

1006
00:47:31,344 --> 00:47:32,607
♪

1007
00:47:32,642 --> 00:47:34,444
Alone.

1008
00:47:34,479 --> 00:47:36,413
♪

1009
00:47:36,448 --> 00:47:38,217
One of the...

1010
00:47:38,252 --> 00:47:40,417
♪

1011
00:47:40,452 --> 00:47:43,255
Lower, I guess,
you would call it

1012
00:47:43,290 --> 00:47:47,391
of the pack of kids
that would pick on me

1013
00:47:47,426 --> 00:47:51,263
went up to my sister's friends,

1014
00:47:51,298 --> 00:47:53,463
started talking to 'em.

1015
00:47:53,498 --> 00:47:57,335
So I moved closer to find out

1016
00:47:57,370 --> 00:48:01,944
about why they shouldn't be
hanging around my...

1017
00:48:01,979 --> 00:48:07,378
♪

1018
00:48:07,413 --> 00:48:09,677
My little sister.

1019
00:48:09,712 --> 00:48:12,647
♪

1020
00:48:12,682 --> 00:48:15,089
Sorry.

1021
00:48:15,124 --> 00:48:19,258
♪

1022
00:48:19,293 --> 00:48:22,261
Heard my dad's voice say...

1023
00:48:22,296 --> 00:48:30,296
♪

1024
00:48:34,110 --> 00:48:36,275
"You must always..."

1025
00:48:36,310 --> 00:48:44,310
♪

1026
00:48:47,420 --> 00:48:49,420
Um...

1027
00:48:49,455 --> 00:48:52,390
"You must always protect her."

1028
00:48:52,425 --> 00:48:54,194
♪

1029
00:48:54,229 --> 00:48:56,493
So, I got...

1030
00:48:56,528 --> 00:48:59,430
♪

1031
00:48:59,465 --> 00:49:01,003
A little mad.

1032
00:49:01,038 --> 00:49:02,565
I...

1033
00:49:02,600 --> 00:49:05,040
♪

1034
00:49:05,075 --> 00:49:08,043
Got in the middle of him

1035
00:49:08,078 --> 00:49:12,410
and my sister's friends, and...

1036
00:49:12,445 --> 00:49:14,247
♪

1037
00:49:14,282 --> 00:49:16,678
I yelled at him...

1038
00:49:16,713 --> 00:49:24,713
♪

1039
00:49:25,359 --> 00:49:27,997
Because...

1040
00:49:28,032 --> 00:49:36,032
♪

1041
00:49:38,042 --> 00:49:43,045
I thought it was so wrong for...

1042
00:49:43,080 --> 00:49:48,446
♪

1043
00:49:48,481 --> 00:49:51,119
For him to be...

1044
00:49:51,154 --> 00:49:52,450
♪

1045
00:49:52,485 --> 00:49:57,092
Using me as a weapon

1046
00:49:57,127 --> 00:50:01,327
so that my sister
wouldn't have any friends...

1047
00:50:01,362 --> 00:50:09,362
♪

1048
00:50:10,338 --> 00:50:13,405
And that I didn't want
my sister to feel

1049
00:50:13,440 --> 00:50:16,540
that same pain.

1050
00:50:16,575 --> 00:50:19,576
I got beat up for it, but...

1051
00:50:19,611 --> 00:50:26,748
♪

1052
00:50:26,783 --> 00:50:30,323
And the bell rang,

1053
00:50:30,358 --> 00:50:34,360
and I just lay out there...

1054
00:50:34,395 --> 00:50:37,363
♪

1055
00:50:37,398 --> 00:50:39,629
Hurting for a few minutes.

1056
00:50:39,664 --> 00:50:41,367
And...

1057
00:50:41,402 --> 00:50:42,665
♪

1058
00:50:42,700 --> 00:50:46,504
I walked to class

1059
00:50:46,539 --> 00:50:50,112
like nothing had happened.

1060
00:50:50,147 --> 00:50:53,610
And I felt good about myself
because...

1061
00:50:53,645 --> 00:50:58,780
♪

1062
00:50:58,815 --> 00:51:03,356
I felt I did the...

1063
00:51:03,391 --> 00:51:05,094
♪

1064
00:51:05,129 --> 00:51:08,526
Best thing that I could've done

1065
00:51:08,561 --> 00:51:11,232
as a big brother.

1066
00:51:11,267 --> 00:51:15,566
♪

1067
00:51:15,601 --> 00:51:18,239
So, yeah.

1068
00:51:20,672 --> 00:51:28,183
♪

1069
00:51:28,218 --> 00:51:30,482
So they told us
amongst the three boats

1070
00:51:30,517 --> 00:51:34,123
we'd all be racing
to our next destination,

1071
00:51:34,158 --> 00:51:36,719
and I think our boat
just kind of all looked

1072
00:51:36,754 --> 00:51:39,689
at each other and was like,
"We can win this thing.

1073
00:51:39,724 --> 00:51:40,764
We can beat the boys' boat

1074
00:51:40,791 --> 00:51:42,692
and we can beat
the other boat."

1075
00:51:42,727 --> 00:51:45,134
And I think, at that moment,
we decided that

1076
00:51:45,169 --> 00:51:46,894
we were all really competitive,

1077
00:51:46,929 --> 00:51:49,534
and we were going in this
for the win.

1078
00:51:52,176 --> 00:52:00,176
♪

1079
00:52:15,364 --> 00:52:21,401
♪ Depth perception lost on me ♪

1080
00:52:21,436 --> 00:52:27,572
♪ Their eyes were the ones
to see ♪

1081
00:52:27,607 --> 00:52:33,743
♪ Every mind
that could inspire ♪

1082
00:52:33,778 --> 00:52:39,782
♪ Left me no one to admire ♪

1083
00:52:39,817 --> 00:52:47,817
♪

1084
00:52:52,632 --> 00:52:58,735
♪ Every time I open up ♪

1085
00:52:58,770 --> 00:53:04,840
♪ I was never good enough ♪

1086
00:53:04,875 --> 00:53:11,286
♪ For the narcissists
in kind ♪

1087
00:53:11,321 --> 00:53:16,984
♪ Only seemed
to leave me behind ♪

1088
00:53:17,019 --> 00:53:19,327
♪

1089
00:53:19,362 --> 00:53:23,529
♪ But I was always getting by ♪

1090
00:53:23,564 --> 00:53:28,897
♪ By saying things
that would always

1091
00:53:31,308 --> 00:53:39,308
♪

1092
00:53:45,553 --> 00:53:51,755
♪ Drugs and clubs
were not my scene ♪

1093
00:53:51,790 --> 00:53:57,794
♪ I could not discern
their sheen ♪

1094
00:53:57,829 --> 00:54:04,306
♪ Still I could not be alone ♪

1095
00:54:04,341 --> 00:54:10,444
♪ Though I'd rather be at home ♪

1096
00:54:10,479 --> 00:54:12,314
♪

1097
00:54:12,349 --> 00:54:16,516
♪ But I was always getting by ♪

1098
00:54:16,551 --> 00:54:21,917
♪ By saying things
that would always

1099
00:54:24,427 --> 00:54:25,822
♪

1100
00:54:25,857 --> 00:54:28,990
♪ Ah ♪

1101
00:54:29,025 --> 00:54:32,059
♪ Ah, ah ♪

1102
00:54:32,094 --> 00:54:35,304
♪ Ah, ah ♪

1103
00:54:35,339 --> 00:54:37,933
♪ Ah, ah ♪

1104
00:54:37,968 --> 00:54:45,968
♪

1105
00:54:51,751 --> 00:54:53,454
We ended up losing,

1106
00:54:53,489 --> 00:54:55,456
but I think
the other boats cheated.

1107
00:54:55,491 --> 00:54:58,657
'Cause I knew there was no way
they would beat us

1108
00:54:58,692 --> 00:55:01,561
by that much, moving that fast.

1109
00:55:01,596 --> 00:55:02,892
They used autopilot.

1110
00:55:02,927 --> 00:55:06,093
I didn't even know
the boats had autopilot.

1111
00:55:06,128 --> 00:55:09,734
But, I mean, it's better
that we did it

1112
00:55:09,769 --> 00:55:12,341
the hard way.

1113
00:55:12,376 --> 00:55:13,376
At least we did work.

1114
00:55:13,410 --> 00:55:15,344
You know, they got it all easy,

1115
00:55:15,379 --> 00:55:18,006
and we had to work
for our sailing.

1116
00:55:18,041 --> 00:55:22,076
We didn't really do that well.

1117
00:55:22,111 --> 00:55:24,881
We teased the girls
that we would win,

1118
00:55:24,916 --> 00:55:27,818
but they won.

1119
00:55:27,853 --> 00:55:29,053
It didn't really matter to us.

1120
00:55:29,085 --> 00:55:31,789
Just trying
to have a great time.

1121
00:55:31,824 --> 00:55:33,461
They actually were
very gracious.

1122
00:55:33,496 --> 00:55:35,056
We didn't expect them to be.

1123
00:55:35,091 --> 00:55:36,860
We kind of were not.

1124
00:55:36,895 --> 00:55:39,027
We went on top,

1125
00:55:39,062 --> 00:55:41,568
we went to the very highest
point on our boat

1126
00:55:41,603 --> 00:55:43,636
and we kind of had
a dance party and played

1127
00:55:43,671 --> 00:55:45,605
"We Are the Champions"
and "Eye of the Tiger"

1128
00:55:45,640 --> 00:55:47,068
and all these power songs.

1129
00:55:47,103 --> 00:55:48,773
And the boys showed up,

1130
00:55:48,808 --> 00:55:50,423
and we're kind of rubbing it
in their faces,

1131
00:55:50,447 --> 00:55:52,678
and they actually
all bowed to us,

1132
00:55:52,713 --> 00:55:57,045
so that was really... that was
really nice to see.

1133
00:55:57,080 --> 00:55:59,718
Oh, we're not worthy!

1134
00:56:02,151 --> 00:56:03,151
♪

1135
00:56:05,825 --> 00:56:06,989
♪

1136
00:56:07,024 --> 00:56:08,958
We all got on the front
of the boat

1137
00:56:08,993 --> 00:56:11,433
and just started, like, bowing,

1138
00:56:11,468 --> 00:56:13,996
just, "You win, you win."

1139
00:56:14,031 --> 00:56:16,735
I would say
they should get a gold star

1140
00:56:16,770 --> 00:56:18,935
for their sportsmanship.

1141
00:56:18,970 --> 00:56:23,038
We did something great
that day, and...

1142
00:56:23,073 --> 00:56:25,612
You know, if the Patriots
lost the Super Bowl,

1143
00:56:25,647 --> 00:56:27,779
they're still the best team,
you know?

1144
00:56:27,814 --> 00:56:29,748
It happens.

1145
00:56:32,214 --> 00:56:33,818
It was really bittersweet

1146
00:56:33,853 --> 00:56:35,490
because I was really happy

1147
00:56:35,525 --> 00:56:36,953
that we had all
accomplished this

1148
00:56:36,988 --> 00:56:38,163
and we had all grown as people,

1149
00:56:38,187 --> 00:56:39,593
but I didn't want to leave,

1150
00:56:39,628 --> 00:56:41,826
and I had grown so close
to these people.

1151
00:56:41,861 --> 00:56:44,961
It was almost like surreal.

1152
00:56:44,996 --> 00:56:47,568
I c... I couldn't believe it.

1153
00:56:47,603 --> 00:56:49,999
It was great
that all the hard work,

1154
00:56:50,034 --> 00:56:53,475
all that stuff paying off
was gratifying

1155
00:56:53,510 --> 00:56:55,609
to know that the hard work
is paying off.

1156
00:56:55,644 --> 00:56:59,107
I came back kind of on a high
for about a week

1157
00:56:59,142 --> 00:57:01,714
of just, you know,
"We can do anything."

1158
00:57:01,749 --> 00:57:05,454
And I'm not gonna lie,
that faded a little bit,

1159
00:57:05,489 --> 00:57:09,183
but I think what I was
left with was memories

1160
00:57:09,218 --> 00:57:11,955
of the incredible
experience we had,

1161
00:57:11,990 --> 00:57:15,024
and just personally
a new sense of confidence

1162
00:57:15,059 --> 00:57:18,533
and a sense of adventure
and a sense of,

1163
00:57:18,568 --> 00:57:19,193
"Hey, they're doing it?

1164
00:57:19,228 --> 00:57:21,228
I can do that too."

1165
00:57:21,263 --> 00:57:23,901
And I think that's something
that I didn't have before

1166
00:57:23,936 --> 00:57:26,068
or definitely
not as prominently.

1167
00:57:26,103 --> 00:57:29,203
And it was something
that is imprinted on me

1168
00:57:29,238 --> 00:57:30,974
and will be with me forever.

1169
00:57:31,009 --> 00:57:32,976
This trip kind of made me
more confident

1170
00:57:33,011 --> 00:57:35,946
because without that trip,

1171
00:57:35,981 --> 00:57:37,695
I don't think I would have been
confident enough

1172
00:57:37,719 --> 00:57:40,819
to just, like, try.

1173
00:57:40,854 --> 00:57:44,119
It inspires me to do more
with my life,

1174
00:57:44,154 --> 00:57:47,089
like, in school,

1175
00:57:47,124 --> 00:57:50,796
in, like, my future, my career,

1176
00:57:50,831 --> 00:57:54,129
and just, like,
not being afraid to take risks

1177
00:57:54,164 --> 00:57:57,000
and just getting out there.

1178
00:57:57,035 --> 00:57:58,936
I was sad to leave, it was...

1179
00:57:58,971 --> 00:58:01,609
I wanted to stay there, like,
I never wanted to leave.

1180
00:58:01,644 --> 00:58:04,073
I was, like, so used to it,
I found, like, my home there.

1181
00:58:04,108 --> 00:58:09,111
We were all going
our separate ways,

1182
00:58:09,146 --> 00:58:12,246
but we all made friends together

1183
00:58:12,281 --> 00:58:16,756
and we were all connected
in some ways.

1184
00:58:16,791 --> 00:58:18,824
I realized, you know,
we had to go back

1185
00:58:18,859 --> 00:58:21,695
and we had to... we had
to start our lives,

1186
00:58:21,730 --> 00:58:23,598
it was time for us
to start our lives.

1187
00:58:23,633 --> 00:58:25,600
We got on the plane,
and we went home,

1188
00:58:25,635 --> 00:58:27,008
and we got to the airport,
and I was like, "All right,

1189
00:58:27,032 --> 00:58:29,538
what are we gonna do next?"

1190
00:58:29,573 --> 00:58:31,573
We are the Blind Buccaneers.

1191
00:58:34,006 --> 00:58:40,010
♪

1192
00:58:40,045 --> 00:58:41,319
That trip, I don't think
I would've been

1193
00:58:41,343 --> 00:58:44,047
confident enough to just, like,

1194
00:58:44,082 --> 00:58:46,984
try something new,
and what I ended up trying

1195
00:58:47,019 --> 00:58:49,756
was I ended up
taking the city bus,

1196
00:58:49,791 --> 00:58:52,121
first, from my school
to my house

1197
00:58:52,156 --> 00:58:56,565
and then, after,
just from my house to FBC.

1198
00:58:56,600 --> 00:59:00,096
So now I'm just, like,
more confident learning

1199
00:59:00,131 --> 00:59:04,100
how to take the city bus to,
I guess, almost anywhere.

1200
00:59:04,135 --> 00:59:12,135
♪

1201
00:59:16,983 --> 00:59:22,250
Um, I feel like this trip has

1202
00:59:22,285 --> 00:59:25,924
let me be better

1203
00:59:25,959 --> 00:59:29,829
at making new friends.

1204
00:59:29,864 --> 00:59:34,933
I feel like this trip
has really made me

1205
00:59:34,968 --> 00:59:40,004
know what I want out of life,

1206
00:59:40,039 --> 00:59:44,206
you know, just how
I'm gonna get there.

1207
00:59:44,241 --> 00:59:48,045
I feel like this trip
has, you know,

1208
00:59:48,080 --> 00:59:51,180
certainly made me
a stronger person,

1209
00:59:51,215 --> 00:59:55,888
and I was glad that I did it
because I learned a lot.

1210
00:59:55,923 --> 01:00:03,923
♪

1211
01:00:10,168 --> 01:00:13,367
I've been able to gain
more confidence in what I do,

1212
01:00:13,402 --> 01:00:17,239
and I want to motivate myself

1213
01:00:17,274 --> 01:00:21,881
to do bigger and better things,
and, um,

1214
01:00:21,916 --> 01:00:24,884
I realize that I have a voice

1215
01:00:24,919 --> 01:00:27,381
and that I can motivate
other people

1216
01:00:27,416 --> 01:00:32,023
even if they're sighted
or they just, like...

1217
01:00:32,058 --> 01:00:35,092
It's crazy that we,
just from going on that trip,

1218
01:00:35,127 --> 01:00:38,293
can motivate the ones
that were on this trip

1219
01:00:38,328 --> 01:00:40,933
and that I can reach out

1220
01:00:40,968 --> 01:00:44,739
to a bigger audience someday

1221
01:00:44,774 --> 01:00:48,908
and maybe they'll get
motivation from my stories.

1222
01:00:48,943 --> 01:00:56,943
♪

1223
01:01:04,090 --> 01:01:05,760
Um, this trip is something

1224
01:01:05,795 --> 01:01:07,421
that will always be in my heart.

1225
01:01:07,456 --> 01:01:11,260
It's something special to me.

1226
01:01:11,295 --> 01:01:13,229
I got to see
a lot of new things,

1227
01:01:13,264 --> 01:01:15,429
I got to meet new people,

1228
01:01:15,464 --> 01:01:18,201
and I just made
a lot of connections,

1229
01:01:18,236 --> 01:01:21,072
and I'm really curious
about other things

1230
01:01:21,107 --> 01:01:23,877
out there in the world,
like, I want to explore,

1231
01:01:23,912 --> 01:01:26,341
I want to meet new people,
new languages, you know,

1232
01:01:26,376 --> 01:01:28,145
new food, new everything.

1233
01:01:28,180 --> 01:01:32,446
And, yeah, I just want
to make new experiences now.

1234
01:01:32,481 --> 01:01:35,086
I want to take challenges,
you know, take risks

1235
01:01:35,121 --> 01:01:36,384
and stuff like... I don't know.

1236
01:01:36,419 --> 01:01:38,925
It's just so interesting
to me now.

1237
01:01:38,960 --> 01:01:40,795
And, yeah, and just confident

1238
01:01:40,830 --> 01:01:43,831
and, yeah,
I just want to explore.

1239
01:01:43,866 --> 01:01:51,866
♪

1240
01:01:57,242 --> 01:01:59,286
Like, I'm hoping to take
more opportunities in life,

1241
01:01:59,310 --> 01:02:02,047
not just sitting here
and just letting...

1242
01:02:02,082 --> 01:02:05,853
Letting opportunities
just pass by me.

1243
01:02:05,888 --> 01:02:13,888
♪

1244
01:02:18,901 --> 01:02:22,298
I think what I was left with
was memories

1245
01:02:22,333 --> 01:02:25,070
of the incredible
experience we had

1246
01:02:25,105 --> 01:02:28,106
and just personally
a new sense of confidence

1247
01:02:28,141 --> 01:02:31,439
and a sense of adventure
and a sense of,

1248
01:02:31,474 --> 01:02:32,308
"Hey, they're doing it?

1249
01:02:32,343 --> 01:02:34,343
I can do that too."

1250
01:02:34,378 --> 01:02:37,016
And I think that's something
that I didn't have before

1251
01:02:37,051 --> 01:02:40,184
or definitely
not as prominently.

1252
01:02:40,219 --> 01:02:43,286
And it was something
that is imprinted on me

1253
01:02:43,321 --> 01:02:45,453
and will be with me forever.

1254
01:02:45,488 --> 01:02:49,292
And, so, even though,
you know, what we had,

1255
01:02:49,327 --> 01:02:51,261
you know, we'll forget
some things

1256
01:02:51,296 --> 01:02:54,363
and it'll become
more and more in the past,

1257
01:02:54,398 --> 01:02:56,464
but I think
what we took away from it

1258
01:02:56,499 --> 01:03:00,072
in terms of confidence
and who we are,

1259
01:03:00,107 --> 01:03:03,240
that'll never go away,
and it'll be with us

1260
01:03:03,275 --> 01:03:06,309
every time we face a challenge
or every time, you know,

1261
01:03:06,344 --> 01:03:08,883
somebody questions
if we can do that

1262
01:03:08,918 --> 01:03:10,544
or looks at us, like, "Really?

1263
01:03:10,579 --> 01:03:11,545
You know,
you're visually impaired.

1264
01:03:11,580 --> 01:03:12,854
You can do that?"

1265
01:03:12,889 --> 01:03:14,383
We just... we have
the evidence for it

1266
01:03:14,418 --> 01:03:17,254
that proves, "Yeah,
I'm gonna do it, and I can,"

1267
01:03:17,289 --> 01:03:20,521
so that'll always be with us.

1268
01:03:20,556 --> 01:03:28,556
♪

1269
01:03:34,911 --> 01:03:38,275
We saw our individual strengths.

1270
01:03:38,310 --> 01:03:40,178
♪

1271
01:03:40,213 --> 01:03:43,885
And we let each one of us,

1272
01:03:43,920 --> 01:03:46,415
um, do that,

1273
01:03:46,450 --> 01:03:51,024
and so it mainly came together
really well,

1274
01:03:51,059 --> 01:03:55,061
and we all felt that we did
a good job at doing that.

1275
01:03:55,096 --> 01:04:00,033
I would say, um,
just give it what you got

1276
01:04:00,068 --> 01:04:03,267
and don't...

1277
01:04:03,302 --> 01:04:06,237
Don't think
that you can't do it.

1278
01:04:06,272 --> 01:04:09,075
Just, um...

1279
01:04:09,110 --> 01:04:12,078
♪

1280
01:04:12,113 --> 01:04:16,445
Like, people say, um,

1281
01:04:16,480 --> 01:04:20,185
believe in what you can do.

1282
01:04:20,220 --> 01:04:23,386
I mainly say
know what you can do

1283
01:04:23,421 --> 01:04:26,125
and just do it.

1284
01:04:26,160 --> 01:04:34,160
♪

1285
01:04:39,173 --> 01:04:43,406
I don't make friends
very easily,

1286
01:04:43,441 --> 01:04:45,408
and, um...

1287
01:04:45,443 --> 01:04:47,146
♪

1288
01:04:47,181 --> 01:04:49,445
I guess I was just

1289
01:04:49,480 --> 01:04:54,285
always stressed about it.

1290
01:04:54,320 --> 01:04:57,453
And then along
comes the trip and...

1291
01:04:57,488 --> 01:04:59,994
♪

1292
01:05:00,029 --> 01:05:01,259
I made friends,

1293
01:05:01,294 --> 01:05:05,329
and I forgot about school

1294
01:05:05,364 --> 01:05:07,562
for, like, three days

1295
01:05:07,597 --> 01:05:11,599
until a bunch of people
on my group chat in my class

1296
01:05:11,634 --> 01:05:13,370
started texting about homework,

1297
01:05:13,405 --> 01:05:16,010
and I'm like,
"Oh, please don't, people.

1298
01:05:16,045 --> 01:05:19,508
I was really hoping to not
have to worry about this."

1299
01:05:19,543 --> 01:05:24,612
Um, but I've come back and...

1300
01:05:24,647 --> 01:05:28,682
♪

1301
01:05:28,717 --> 01:05:32,389
Um, that stuff still matters.

1302
01:05:32,424 --> 01:05:36,195
I don't think... I don't think
it matters as much

1303
01:05:36,230 --> 01:05:39,099
because that's not
all there is to life,

1304
01:05:39,134 --> 01:05:43,565
and sometimes,
sometimes it's really hard

1305
01:05:43,600 --> 01:05:45,633
to remember that
'cause you get caught up

1306
01:05:45,668 --> 01:05:50,473
in the fact that there's
a test tomorrow or whatever.

1307
01:05:50,508 --> 01:05:58,508
♪

1308
01:06:05,127 --> 01:06:07,589
I feel like after this trip,

1309
01:06:07,624 --> 01:06:11,296
I feel like I'm, you know...

1310
01:06:11,331 --> 01:06:12,693
♪

1311
01:06:12,728 --> 01:06:14,266
Whenever something comes my way,

1312
01:06:14,301 --> 01:06:17,764
I feel like I can overcome it
and take on

1313
01:06:17,799 --> 01:06:21,768
and... 'cause, you know,
what we did on the trip,

1314
01:06:21,803 --> 01:06:26,311
like, you know, the sailing,
the SNUBA diving, the hiking,

1315
01:06:26,346 --> 01:06:30,150
all that, those were kind of...

1316
01:06:30,185 --> 01:06:35,188
Before I did those,
I was like, I was...

1317
01:06:35,223 --> 01:06:37,685
I was like a tiny bit
apprehensive, I guess,

1318
01:06:37,720 --> 01:06:39,489
and I didn't know
what to expect,

1319
01:06:39,524 --> 01:06:42,789
but then when I did it,
I felt like,

1320
01:06:42,824 --> 01:06:44,428
I felt, you know, a lot better,

1321
01:06:44,463 --> 01:06:47,200
and I felt like I could overcome

1322
01:06:47,235 --> 01:06:49,565
whatever comes my way.

1323
01:06:49,600 --> 01:06:57,600
♪

1324
01:07:03,548 --> 01:07:06,153
Um, I've...

1325
01:07:06,188 --> 01:07:09,486
I wouldn't say any new
adventures have sparked up.

1326
01:07:09,521 --> 01:07:12,621
I've just been more willing
to do things

1327
01:07:12,656 --> 01:07:14,689
as far as trying new foods...

1328
01:07:14,724 --> 01:07:16,691
Well, I've always been
willing to do that,

1329
01:07:16,726 --> 01:07:20,827
but trying, just trying
new things in general,

1330
01:07:20,862 --> 01:07:23,269
and just being like,
"Hey, I've done this,

1331
01:07:23,304 --> 01:07:26,503
so why can't I do this?"

1332
01:07:26,538 --> 01:07:34,538
♪

1333
01:07:40,552 --> 01:07:44,620
Well, the future is,

1334
01:07:44,655 --> 01:07:48,327
uh, playing football
in high school

1335
01:07:48,362 --> 01:07:52,727
and making my way to, uh,

1336
01:07:52,762 --> 01:07:56,797
a scholarship for college,

1337
01:07:56,832 --> 01:07:58,766
and by senior year,

1338
01:07:58,801 --> 01:08:03,375
having a GPA of 3.5.

1339
01:08:03,410 --> 01:08:08,611
And then, after college,
going to the NFL,

1340
01:08:08,646 --> 01:08:11,845
breaking records,

1341
01:08:11,880 --> 01:08:13,715
inspiring people,

1342
01:08:13,750 --> 01:08:15,750
win the Super Bowl rings, MVPs,

1343
01:08:15,785 --> 01:08:19,655
and just doing all I can

1344
01:08:19,690 --> 01:08:22,295
to change the world.

1345
01:08:22,330 --> 01:08:30,330
♪

1346
01:08:37,444 --> 01:08:39,807
It's very cliché,
but I'd tell them to do it.

1347
01:08:39,842 --> 01:08:41,776
And, you know, clichés
are cliché for a reason

1348
01:08:41,811 --> 01:08:44,713
because it's, you know,
if you have an opportunity

1349
01:08:44,748 --> 01:08:45,759
to do something
you've never done,

1350
01:08:45,783 --> 01:08:48,255
you should take it
because you'll never know

1351
01:08:48,290 --> 01:08:50,587
what you... you never know
what you could've learned.

1352
01:08:50,622 --> 01:08:52,853
And so, I would tell that kid,
you know, to take it

1353
01:08:52,888 --> 01:08:54,591
and to just live life
and to, you know,

1354
01:08:54,626 --> 01:08:56,395
not really listen
to what people say,

1355
01:08:56,430 --> 01:08:57,572
and there will always be people

1356
01:08:57,596 --> 01:08:59,332
who say something negative,

1357
01:08:59,367 --> 01:09:00,806
and there will always be people
who believe

1358
01:09:00,830 --> 01:09:02,896
that you can't do
what you want to,

1359
01:09:02,931 --> 01:09:04,931
but just live your life
the way you want

1360
01:09:04,966 --> 01:09:07,538
and just prove them wrong.

1361
01:09:07,573 --> 01:09:15,573
♪

1362
01:09:22,522 --> 01:09:23,730
The Foundation
for Blind Children

1363
01:09:23,754 --> 01:09:26,953
does these challenge events

1364
01:09:26,988 --> 01:09:29,362
really for one reason:

1365
01:09:29,397 --> 01:09:32,893
to give these kids,
these students,

1366
01:09:32,928 --> 01:09:35,830
their moment of glory,

1367
01:09:35,865 --> 01:09:38,470
their moment where
they challenge themselves

1368
01:09:38,505 --> 01:09:41,935
and they overcome
a major obstacle.

1369
01:09:41,970 --> 01:09:46,412
They can say, "I did this.

1370
01:09:46,447 --> 01:09:48,678
What else can I do now?

1371
01:09:48,713 --> 01:09:50,416
Where can I go?

1372
01:09:50,451 --> 01:09:51,813
♪

1373
01:09:51,848 --> 01:09:53,518
How...

1374
01:09:53,553 --> 01:09:55,256
♪

1375
01:09:55,291 --> 01:09:57,984
Can I fulfill my dreams?"

1376
01:09:58,019 --> 01:09:59,524
♪

1377
01:09:59,559 --> 01:10:01,856
And it works.

1378
01:10:01,891 --> 01:10:04,496
These kids challenge themselves.

1379
01:10:04,531 --> 01:10:06,432
They get to the top,

1380
01:10:06,467 --> 01:10:09,402
they swim across those oceans,

1381
01:10:09,437 --> 01:10:11,371
and they go on to go to college,

1382
01:10:11,406 --> 01:10:15,870
go to work, start a family,
support a family.

1383
01:10:15,905 --> 01:10:18,345
♪

1384
01:10:18,380 --> 01:10:22,008
And it works every single time.

1385
01:10:22,043 --> 01:10:23,581
♪

1386
01:10:23,616 --> 01:10:27,585
Anybody tells you
you can't do it,

1387
01:10:27,620 --> 01:10:28,850
what do you say?

1388
01:10:28,885 --> 01:10:31,622
- Yes, I can!
- Yes, I can!

1389
01:10:31,657 --> 01:10:34,394
You guys have sailed

1390
01:10:34,429 --> 01:10:36,330
the Spanish Virgin Islands,

1391
01:10:36,365 --> 01:10:38,563
you guys ran those boats,

1392
01:10:38,598 --> 01:10:40,400
you guys put those sails
up and down

1393
01:10:40,435 --> 01:10:41,863
and trimmed the jib,

1394
01:10:41,898 --> 01:10:44,437
you guys tacked and jibed.

1395
01:10:44,472 --> 01:10:46,769
It was you guys.

1396
01:10:46,804 --> 01:10:48,375
Nobody else.

1397
01:10:48,410 --> 01:10:50,839
You guys took that opportunity,

1398
01:10:50,874 --> 01:10:53,611
you made it happen,
and you did it.

1399
01:10:53,646 --> 01:10:55,041
Remember that.

1400
01:10:55,076 --> 01:10:56,614
Write about it.

1401
01:10:56,649 --> 01:10:57,692
You're all going to college.

1402
01:10:57,716 --> 01:11:00,321
This is a great college essay.

1403
01:11:00,356 --> 01:11:01,622
Tell your story.

1404
01:11:01,658 --> 01:11:04,655
Tell it often because there's
a lot more kids just like you

1405
01:11:04,690 --> 01:11:08,659
that are coming up behind you
that need to hear that story.

1406
01:11:08,694 --> 01:11:10,628
You guys are brave souls.

1407
01:11:10,663 --> 01:11:12,861
You guys are Blind Buccaneers.

1408
01:11:12,896 --> 01:11:14,896
Thanks for being a part of this.

1409
01:11:17,538 --> 01:11:25,538
♪

1410
01:12:45,120 --> 01:12:46,955
What do I want to tell the kids?

1411
01:12:46,990 --> 01:12:48,726
I probably would tell them
the same thing

1412
01:12:48,761 --> 01:12:50,761
I would say to my own kids

1413
01:12:50,796 --> 01:12:54,435
which is I admire
their resilience,

1414
01:12:54,470 --> 01:12:55,898
the way they do stuff.

1415
01:12:55,933 --> 01:12:58,065
I'm very impressed
with how smart they are

1416
01:12:58,100 --> 01:13:00,441
and how well they can
organize their thoughts

1417
01:13:00,476 --> 01:13:02,069
at that young age.

1418
01:13:02,104 --> 01:13:06,612
And the fact that, uh,

1419
01:13:06,647 --> 01:13:09,615
they are not self-conscious

1420
01:13:09,650 --> 01:13:14,422
about bad things
that are coming towards them,

1421
01:13:14,457 --> 01:13:17,117
they are very comfortable
within themselves,

1422
01:13:17,152 --> 01:13:20,120
and that will carry you
through your life

1423
01:13:20,155 --> 01:13:21,891
in no matter what situation,

1424
01:13:21,926 --> 01:13:25,994
so I actually congratulate
these kids on that.

1425
01:13:26,029 --> 01:13:27,831
And if I could
tell them something,

1426
01:13:27,866 --> 01:13:30,537
just to continue pursuing

1427
01:13:30,572 --> 01:13:34,805
that kind of attitude of...

1428
01:13:34,840 --> 01:13:38,039
self, um...

1429
01:13:38,074 --> 01:13:42,010
self... that big self-esteem
that they have to themselves,

1430
01:13:42,045 --> 01:13:43,682
that's... that's awesome.

1431
01:13:43,717 --> 01:13:44,848
I congratulate them.

1432
01:13:44,883 --> 01:13:46,850
For me, it's been awesome.

1433
01:13:46,885 --> 01:13:51,085
Um, I'm surprised.

1434
01:13:51,120 --> 01:13:55,023
I'm surprised how these kids

1435
01:13:55,058 --> 01:13:57,465
can handle themselves,

1436
01:13:57,500 --> 01:14:01,194
you know,
in almost every aspect.

1437
01:14:01,229 --> 01:14:04,967
So, for me, it's been
a great experience.

1438
01:14:05,002 --> 01:14:08,872
It surpassed my expectations.

1439
01:14:08,907 --> 01:14:12,678
My overall experience
when I first got here,

1440
01:14:12,713 --> 01:14:14,944
you know, us,
what I do as a captain,

1441
01:14:14,979 --> 01:14:17,947
you usually do everything,
you handle everything, right?

1442
01:14:17,982 --> 01:14:22,523
And knowing now
passing all these days,

1443
01:14:22,558 --> 01:14:25,955
knowing what they know,
all the lines that they know,

1444
01:14:25,990 --> 01:14:28,793
they were not using any buttons.

1445
01:14:28,828 --> 01:14:32,896
The first time, the sail took
15, 20 minutes to get it up.

1446
01:14:32,931 --> 01:14:36,196
Today, it's like,
I would barely say

1447
01:14:36,231 --> 01:14:39,738
two minutes or less
to get it up, right?

1448
01:14:39,773 --> 01:14:41,773
So that, for me,

1449
01:14:41,808 --> 01:14:44,611
guys, I can sail
the world around

1450
01:14:44,646 --> 01:14:45,909
with you guys, all right?

1451
01:14:45,944 --> 01:14:48,813
You've got my full trust.

1452
01:14:48,848 --> 01:14:50,716
And it's been really special.

1453
01:14:50,751 --> 01:14:53,554
Letting you guys... letting me
be a part of this

1454
01:14:53,589 --> 01:14:54,665
is really special, all right?

1455
01:14:54,689 --> 01:14:57,624
And I hope when you're older,

1456
01:14:57,659 --> 01:15:00,891
you'll still remember
this whole experience

1457
01:15:00,926 --> 01:15:04,191
and what I showed you
in this little time

1458
01:15:04,226 --> 01:15:07,535
that we have together,
all right?

1459
01:15:07,570 --> 01:15:08,734
Appreciate it.

1460
01:15:08,769 --> 01:15:12,903
♪

1461
01:15:12,938 --> 01:15:15,301
Karl! Karl!

1462
01:15:15,336 --> 01:15:17,072
Go get the helmet.

1463
01:15:17,107 --> 01:15:20,812
I think one thing about Adonis
is he's more, um,

1464
01:15:20,847 --> 01:15:23,848
he's just more open
to staying at home.

1465
01:15:23,883 --> 01:15:25,850
He has a real busy schedule
and busy routine,

1466
01:15:25,885 --> 01:15:27,786
and that was his first time
away from home,

1467
01:15:27,821 --> 01:15:30,558
so he just seemed like
he's celebrating

1468
01:15:30,593 --> 01:15:33,594
and he just wanted to be
kind of with us more.

1469
01:15:33,629 --> 01:15:36,091
And I enjoyed that
'cause he's a very quiet kid

1470
01:15:36,126 --> 01:15:37,664
and he always likes to do things

1471
01:15:37,699 --> 01:15:39,798
on his own, independently.

1472
01:15:39,833 --> 01:15:42,229
And when he came back,
he just seemed more, like,

1473
01:15:42,264 --> 01:15:45,331
wanting to be at home,
enjoying his routine.

1474
01:15:45,366 --> 01:15:46,805
But when he wasn't at school,

1475
01:15:46,840 --> 01:15:47,806
he wasn't at the gym working out

1476
01:15:47,841 --> 01:15:49,313
and wasn't playing wrestling
or football,

1477
01:15:49,337 --> 01:15:50,743
he wanted to be home,

1478
01:15:50,778 --> 01:15:53,614
so that was a nice change
with family time

1479
01:15:53,649 --> 01:15:55,176
and things like that.

1480
01:15:55,211 --> 01:15:57,882
He seemed more involved
with us as a family, I think,

1481
01:15:57,917 --> 01:15:59,752
in his spare time.

1482
01:15:59,787 --> 01:16:03,316
My name is Caroline Dingwell,
mom to Elle and Fionn.

1483
01:16:03,351 --> 01:16:05,054
I'm actually really excited
for her

1484
01:16:05,089 --> 01:16:06,924
because I think she's ready.

1485
01:16:06,959 --> 01:16:10,895
I think she needs
to take on this challenge

1486
01:16:10,930 --> 01:16:13,931
for her independence

1487
01:16:13,966 --> 01:16:16,131
to prove to herself
and the rest of the world

1488
01:16:16,166 --> 01:16:18,771
that she's able to live
an independent life.

1489
01:16:18,806 --> 01:16:20,707
Hello, I'm Grandpa.

1490
01:16:20,742 --> 01:16:23,369
My name is Dave,
but everybody calls me Papa.

1491
01:16:23,404 --> 01:16:25,646
I keep looking away,
I know that, sorry.

1492
01:16:25,681 --> 01:16:27,307
Hello, I'm Grandpa.

1493
01:16:27,342 --> 01:16:29,375
And I can't keep
my eyes focused.

1494
01:16:29,410 --> 01:16:31,311
Hi, my name is Isabelle Chapman.

1495
01:16:33,953 --> 01:16:36,349
♪

1496
01:16:36,384 --> 01:16:38,285
I appreciate the FBC

1497
01:16:38,320 --> 01:16:43,191
and everything they've done
for us and her.

1498
01:16:43,226 --> 01:16:45,864
And she... she has this confidence

1499
01:16:45,899 --> 01:16:50,396
because of the experiences
that she's had,

1500
01:16:50,431 --> 01:16:53,003
and like I said,
it's changed a lot

1501
01:16:53,038 --> 01:16:56,006
in just the last
three or four years.

1502
01:16:56,041 --> 01:17:00,274
And I just want to say thank you

1503
01:17:00,309 --> 01:17:03,211
to everybody that's involved

1504
01:17:03,246 --> 01:17:06,852
and everybody that's helping.

1505
01:17:06,887 --> 01:17:08,887
People just don't know people

1506
01:17:08,922 --> 01:17:10,757
that are visually impaired
or blind,

1507
01:17:10,792 --> 01:17:14,255
and so when they first meet

1508
01:17:14,290 --> 01:17:18,160
or interact with them,
they don't even know how...

1509
01:17:18,195 --> 01:17:20,096
They're trying to be
politically correct

1510
01:17:20,131 --> 01:17:23,297
about things, and you know,

1511
01:17:23,332 --> 01:17:27,939
we had an incident
where the guy realized

1512
01:17:27,974 --> 01:17:30,370
at one point
that she couldn't see,

1513
01:17:30,405 --> 01:17:32,977
and he looked to me,
stopped talking to her

1514
01:17:33,012 --> 01:17:36,915
and looked at me and said,
"Is she blind?"

1515
01:17:36,950 --> 01:17:39,885
And I was like,

1516
01:17:39,920 --> 01:17:42,151
"You can talk to her."

1517
01:17:42,186 --> 01:17:44,351
Like I said,
I'm really excited for her.

1518
01:17:44,386 --> 01:17:46,694
She's one to kind of
face adventure.

1519
01:17:46,729 --> 01:17:50,225
She's always been our kid
that it's like, you know,

1520
01:17:50,260 --> 01:17:51,743
the one that's gonna
get into trouble,

1521
01:17:51,767 --> 01:17:53,426
that's gonna be Kaylee, so...

1522
01:17:53,461 --> 01:17:55,461
So it doesn't surprise me
that, you know,

1523
01:17:55,496 --> 01:17:57,870
this adventure came to her
and this is for her,

1524
01:17:57,905 --> 01:18:01,709
but as a parent,
it's very nerve-racking,

1525
01:18:01,744 --> 01:18:03,909
you know, and I get all
those nerve-racking questions.

1526
01:18:03,944 --> 01:18:05,222
Everyone tells her
how great it is,

1527
01:18:05,246 --> 01:18:07,220
and everyone's like, "So, Mom,
you gonna let her do this?"

1528
01:18:07,244 --> 01:18:10,080
And I'm like, "Of course
I'm gonna let her do it."

1529
01:18:10,115 --> 01:18:14,755
So, yeah, I mean, deep down,
just excited for her, really.

1530
01:18:14,790 --> 01:18:16,350
And you always worry
about your kids,

1531
01:18:16,385 --> 01:18:20,453
but you're always
happy for them too.

1532
01:18:20,488 --> 01:18:22,422
Nine months old or so
and was sitting up,

1533
01:18:22,457 --> 01:18:25,766
and there was
this giant yellow ball.

1534
01:18:25,801 --> 01:18:28,230
And Maggie didn't smile
a whole lot

1535
01:18:28,265 --> 01:18:30,034
when she was an infant,

1536
01:18:30,069 --> 01:18:31,180
but I would sit her on the floor

1537
01:18:31,204 --> 01:18:34,368
and I'd put that giant
yellow ball in front of her,

1538
01:18:34,403 --> 01:18:36,337
and she would reach out
and touch the ball,

1539
01:18:36,372 --> 01:18:38,471
and it lit up her face.

1540
01:18:38,506 --> 01:18:40,308
It was like sunshine.

1541
01:18:40,343 --> 01:18:44,884
And we have pictures of her
just loving on this ball.

1542
01:18:44,919 --> 01:18:47,513
And I thought, you know,
"If I can keep

1543
01:18:47,548 --> 01:18:51,451
inspiring her joy
with things that she can see,

1544
01:18:51,486 --> 01:18:54,058
colors and textures and shapes,

1545
01:18:54,093 --> 01:18:57,864
and just exposing her
to all of the world,

1546
01:18:57,899 --> 01:19:00,064
if she eventually lost
her vision,

1547
01:19:00,099 --> 01:19:02,770
she would have the experience
of her memories

1548
01:19:02,805 --> 01:19:04,398
and her imagination."

1549
01:19:04,433 --> 01:19:08,534
And she still imagines things,
and she even talks about...

1550
01:19:08,569 --> 01:19:11,438
She gets to know people
and they end up having a color.

1551
01:19:11,473 --> 01:19:13,946
Even though she can't see
the color very distinctly,

1552
01:19:13,981 --> 01:19:16,179
we all have colors.

1553
01:19:16,214 --> 01:19:19,820
A very wise person inside
the Foundation for the Blind

1554
01:19:19,855 --> 01:19:21,481
said to me,

1555
01:19:21,516 --> 01:19:24,484
"I understand you're having
these problems with Morgann

1556
01:19:24,519 --> 01:19:28,257
at this point not being
confident in herself

1557
01:19:28,292 --> 01:19:30,457
and is starting
to build up with fear

1558
01:19:30,492 --> 01:19:32,008
and what her future
is gonna be like,

1559
01:19:32,032 --> 01:19:34,263
and even doing
the simplest of tasks

1560
01:19:34,298 --> 01:19:36,496
are starting to scare her.

1561
01:19:36,531 --> 01:19:39,169
And my question to you would be,

1562
01:19:39,204 --> 01:19:41,006
'If we don't get out
of their way,

1563
01:19:41,041 --> 01:19:44,537
how do we expect them
to get out of their own way?'"

1564
01:19:44,572 --> 01:19:48,343
So it is my job as a parent,

1565
01:19:48,378 --> 01:19:52,083
um, to move... step aside.

1566
01:19:52,118 --> 01:19:54,118
There's a life out there
waiting for her.

1567
01:19:54,153 --> 01:19:55,889
And that's the whole point
to all of this,

1568
01:19:55,924 --> 01:19:58,518
is teaching them that the future

1569
01:19:58,553 --> 01:20:01,092
is theirs to grasp
and hold on to

1570
01:20:01,127 --> 01:20:05,492
and build it to whatever
they want to become.

1571
01:20:05,527 --> 01:20:06,834
And it's not easy,

1572
01:20:06,869 --> 01:20:10,970
but it's necessary.

1573
01:20:11,005 --> 01:20:15,843
Hi, my name is Jocelyn Castro,
and I'm 11 years old,

1574
01:20:15,878 --> 01:20:19,473
and I'm Jorge Castro's
little sister.

1575
01:20:19,508 --> 01:20:21,981
You know, like,
that was doubting your brother,

1576
01:20:22,016 --> 01:20:24,280
and they said, like,
"Your brother can't do this.

1577
01:20:24,315 --> 01:20:25,952
He's blind.

1578
01:20:25,987 --> 01:20:27,426
He's just, like,
he's gonna get lost.

1579
01:20:27,450 --> 01:20:29,197
He's gonna... something bad
is gonna happen."

1580
01:20:29,221 --> 01:20:30,154
What would you say
to those people?

1581
01:20:30,189 --> 01:20:32,090
I would be like,
"You don't know, like,

1582
01:20:32,125 --> 01:20:34,026
what he's been doing
his entire life.

1583
01:20:34,061 --> 01:20:35,962
Like, he's been training
for this day.

1584
01:20:35,997 --> 01:20:40,527
I mean, you might think
he's something different,

1585
01:20:40,562 --> 01:20:42,100
that he's someone else,

1586
01:20:42,135 --> 01:20:46,500
he's like an alien,
but he's not.

1587
01:20:46,535 --> 01:20:49,404
He can... he's a normal human.

1588
01:20:49,439 --> 01:20:52,044
I mean, he can do
whatever we can.

1589
01:20:52,079 --> 01:20:57,082
It's just his eyes,
his vision lost."

1590
01:20:57,117 --> 01:21:01,515
Hi, I'm Samantha
and I'm Steven's little sister.

1591
01:21:01,550 --> 01:21:04,551
Before, he was really excited,

1592
01:21:04,586 --> 01:21:08,390
but he was... he seemed
a little nervous to me.

1593
01:21:08,425 --> 01:21:12,493
And, like, afterwards,
he seemed more confident

1594
01:21:12,528 --> 01:21:17,465
and more spirited to experience

1595
01:21:17,500 --> 01:21:22,437
that once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity.

1596
01:21:22,472 --> 01:21:26,210
I feel proud that, uh,

1597
01:21:26,245 --> 01:21:29,213
he's a good big brother,

1598
01:21:29,248 --> 01:21:33,118
that he would do something
for me like that.

1599
01:21:33,153 --> 01:21:35,021
Sorry.

1600
01:21:35,056 --> 01:21:37,419
♪

1601
01:21:37,454 --> 01:21:40,125
Um...

1602
01:21:40,160 --> 01:21:43,095
I feel proud to call him
my brother.

1603
01:21:43,130 --> 01:21:45,691
And, um...

1604
01:21:45,726 --> 01:21:49,134
♪

1605
01:21:49,169 --> 01:21:51,466
That I get to have him
as my brother,

1606
01:21:51,501 --> 01:21:55,074
it is amazing.

1607
01:21:55,109 --> 01:21:57,010
♪

1608
01:21:57,045 --> 01:21:59,144
Sorry.

1609
01:21:59,179 --> 01:22:01,377
♪

1610
01:22:01,412 --> 01:22:03,412
If we get to do this again,
I think...

1611
01:22:03,447 --> 01:22:08,120
Now this is all on me...
I underestimated the kids.

1612
01:22:08,155 --> 01:22:09,451
I thought it'd be a lot harder,

1613
01:22:09,486 --> 01:22:10,991
it would be
a lot more complicated.

1614
01:22:11,026 --> 01:22:12,388
It really wasn't.

1615
01:22:12,423 --> 01:22:14,159
They really took to sailing.

1616
01:22:14,194 --> 01:22:15,360
They enjoyed it.

1617
01:22:15,395 --> 01:22:17,690
They had good boats, they had
good instructors with them

1618
01:22:17,725 --> 01:22:19,593
besides myself.

1619
01:22:19,628 --> 01:22:21,529
And if I do it again,

1620
01:22:21,564 --> 01:22:23,146
I'd probably go
a little bit more hardcore

1621
01:22:23,170 --> 01:22:24,675
'cause I think
they were ready for it.

1622
01:22:24,699 --> 01:22:26,339
We would have done
probably more racing,

1623
01:22:26,371 --> 01:22:30,439
would have been more in tune
in competition

1624
01:22:30,474 --> 01:22:31,607
just to get them going,

1625
01:22:31,642 --> 01:22:35,048
and I think they would've
handled it perfectly well.

1626
01:22:35,083 --> 01:22:37,083
♪