One never knows how or when eye loss may occur. As Mr. Brady's accident attests, the circumstances of eye loss are some times bizarre.

"We'd been skimming over Long Island after sunset and were preparing to land at Grumman Field when the craft was struck. Captain Macatee (who later was to pilot the first scheduled jetliner across America) had no idea what had hit us until after landing, when he found a five-pound mallard duck in the cockpit." (pg. 2)

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