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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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♪

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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
to learn how to tie knots,

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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
sailing,

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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
in the Colorado River

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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
it wasn't that bad.

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And then when I started school,
like around second grade,

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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
a little more worse.

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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
three retina detachments

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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
because of what they did.

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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
in the dark

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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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♪

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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
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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
if you are a good swimmer

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you can swim with shoes,
with clothes

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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
they're swimming casually

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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
to stay safe.

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I'm pretty anxious of course,

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obviously since it's water
and I can't swim.

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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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and I realized that I wasn't.

280
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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
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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
♪