INDIANAPOLIS -- The sights, sounds and even smells of the Indianapolis 500 all add up to making it the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. But what if one of those elements was missing?
In 1988, Channel 6 reporter David Klugh introduced us to a woman who watched the Indianapolis 500 from a different perspective.
For 16 years, Sydney Anne Stoeppelwerth made the trip from her home in Kansas City to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to attend the 500.
"The roar of the engines, there's no other sound like it in the world" said Stoeppelwerth.
But Stoeppelwerth didn't see the race like most people at the track. In fact, she didn't see the race at all. Stoeppelwerth was blind.
With the help of a model car, Stoeppelwerth experienced the race in a different way, saying, "The brain sees, not the eyes. ... My eyes don't see, but my brain does."
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