Completely blind player and "guide dog"

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TheSaw

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The main reason I'm posting this is because I'm a WoW player and I saw this story and was touched by it. Since the community in WoW is pretty shit, seeing a guild do this warms my heart.

Anyway.
"In our guild, we have a member that raids with us who is completely blind. His name is Ben Shaw, and he currently plays an enhancement shaman called Hexu. Ben used to be a soldier in the British Army and, whilst serving in Iraq, was involved in an incident with a roadside bomb in Basra. As a result of the explosion, Ben suffered multiple shrapnel wounds and had to have both of his eyes surgically removed."
Another guild mate of his acts as a "guide dog", telling him where to go and what to do at precise times, and when raiding on WoW most of the times you gotta be pretty precise so I find it amazing they can do that.

There's a whole interview here, plus more information http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/01/12/guide-dog-player-and-guild-embrace-sightless-guildmate-steer/

He also has done some other stuff like getting behind the wheel of a Ferrari http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7389868.stm

http://www.scotsman.com/news/double_delight_as_blind_soldier_to_race_ferrari_then_tie_the_knot_1_1260193

[sub][sub]My faith in humanity increased by 2[/sub][/sub]