<story><title>The blind man who taught himself to see</title><url>http://www.mensjournal.com/the-blind-man-who-taught-himself-to-see/print/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>tc</author><text>&quot;Running into a pole is a drag, but never being allowed to run into a pole is a disaster,&quot; he writes. &quot;Pain is part of the price of freedom.&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Pain is part of the price of freedom.&lt;/i&gt;  That&apos;s a truth that could use to be applied more widely.</text></comment>
<story><title>The blind man who taught himself to see</title><url>http://www.mensjournal.com/the-blind-man-who-taught-himself-to-see/print/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>aplusbi</author><text>Here&apos;s a teenager who could do the same thing: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBv79LKfMt4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBv79LKfMt4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The video is from when he was 14, he died from cancer at 16.</text></comment>