Blind wrestler is determined to succeed
Marion High School Coach Jason Haag found out years ago how hard it is to hold down sophomore wrestler Alex Gillaspie.
Blind since birth, young Alex attended Starry Elementary where Haag also serves as physical education teacher. One day in gym class, it might have been about the first grade, Alex climbed all the way to the top of a net strung down from the ceiling.
“I touched the ceiling with both hands, too,” he recalls.
Even then, says Haag, “I could tell he was fearless.”
Alex was born with one gene missing from the retina in his eyes. He can detect sunlight. But otherwise, he explains, “I don’t see anything at all.”
Last Updated on Sunday, 28 December 2014 18:03