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Blind Hockey Fan Gets To Watch Her First Game Thanks To These Glasses

<div><p>Olivia Lettich has been a hockey fan since before she can remember, and at 11 years-old she finally got to see her first game. It wasn't the tickets she was missing, it was a pair of miracle glasses.</p><p>At 4 months-old Olivia was diagnosed with a rare form of eye cancer. By 2 she was legally-blind. She's only been able to see some shapes and blurry images...until now.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/glasses-ctv.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/glasses-ctv_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="Glasses" alt="Glasses" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>CTV News</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>A special pair of glasses was developed that great enhances the images that Olivia can see, and the results were nothing short of miraculous.</p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>"Everything is so beautiful," she said as soon as she put them on.</p><p>You might think someone seeing the world for the first time would want to take in the mountains, see the ocean or experience some of the world's greatest sights. Not Olivia, she wanted to see her favorite hockey team play, and they threw out all the stops to make it happen.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/oliviaandmom-1.PNG" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/oliviaandmom-1_GH_content_550px.PNG 550w" sizes="89vw" title="Olivia and Mom" alt="Olivia and Mom" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Twitter</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>The Calgary Flames had her sitting front row during the game, on the bench during practice and even took her back into the locker-room before the game to meet her favorite players.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/oliviaandjohnny-metronews.jpg" title="Olivia and Gaudreau" alt="Olivia and Gaudreau" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Metro News</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>They even added one extra gift: a 5-2 win over New York.</p></div>

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