Man's Sight Restored After 43 Years Posted by Scott Manning on August 25, 2003 | Comments (0)

After 43 years of blindness, Michael May can see again.

He can play soccer with his sons, enjoy movies and, for the first time, gaze on the Sierra Nevada slopes he has expertly skied -- sightless -- since the late 1970s.

But May can't recognize his sons, Carson, 11, and Wyndham, 9, by their faces alone. The same goes for identifying Jennifer, his wife of 15 years.

People "can't fathom that," said May, who owns a company in Davis, California, that makes navigational software for the blind.

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