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  • Blind auto mechanic hires deaf assistant

    03/20/2007 11:08:38 AM PDT · by SubGeniusX · 47 replies · 1,412+ views
    AP ^ | Mon Mar 19, 10:15 PM
    COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. - Cars have been Larry Woody's life for more than 30 years. He fixed them, he raced them, he restored them. But five years ago on Interstate 5 a truck blew across the median and drove over his tiny Toyota Celica. He almost died, and he was blinded. But Woody, 46, still works on his 1968 El Camino, dabbles in racing and recently bought his own shop, D & D Foreign Automotive, in Cottage Grove. And he has hired a deaf assistant. His red-tipped cane stands idle. He walks without hesitation through his shop. He handles the...