Thousands of metro Atlanta’s high school graduates have their own stories and goals ahead of them. Aleck Ragsdale profiles one student who’s a star high school wrestler, accomplished musician, and philanthropist. And on top of that, he’s blind.
19-year-old Luke Putney has been blind since the age of 12, but he often says losing his vision actually motivated him to accomplish more with his life.
“Not all things that are bad end up being bad things. I mean blindness has been a very strange blessing for me and I’ll always view blindness as an opportunity.”
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