Blind Texas man fulfills skydiving dream

WHITEWRIGHT – To his long list of feats – as a motivational speaker, disc jockey, author, motorcyclist, water skier – Blake Lindsay can add a new one: skydiver.

It's a lot for anyone to accomplish, let alone someone who's blind.

Lindsay, 45, jumped from an airplane 2 ½ miles high Saturday to fulfill a childhood wish and make a point: "I want people – when they face their challenges, their fears – to dive in, because there's victory on the other side," he said.

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