Hello Darkness, My Old Friend: How Daring Dreams and Unyielding Friendship Turned One Man’s Blindness Into an Extraordinary Vision for Life

by Sanford D. Greenberg

The three of us duly convened in Sol’s office for the better part of an afternoon. When the meeting was over, I walked outside and asked my driver to take me to a peaceful open space so I could be alone. At first, I only listened to the chatter of birds, but then my excitement grew. For the first time, I felt there was realistic hope for the promise I had made to God. The reason: Dr. Salk had urged upon me a focus beyond the treatment of a disease’s symptoms or its individual physiological effects. After all, he had made his own objective nothing less than to end a disease…and he succeeded! In my mind, I repeated, “End it! End it! End it!” I have never forgotten that.