When he and his sister Martha were just very little, their mom took them out to see a total eclipse -- or actually, a solar eclipse -- and not long after that, both of them started losing their eyesight.
عندما كان وأخته مارثا صغيرين جدا, أخذتهم أمهم لمشاهدة كسوف كلي -- أو في الواقع, كسوف جزئي -- وبعد ذلك بفترة قصيرة, بدأ كلاهما بفقدان نظرهما.