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She lost her vision, but he didn't lose hope. Now Easter is better for blind kids everywhere

<div><p>He's a bomb disposal expert, but what he did for his blind daughter has kids everywhere having a blast.</p><p>David Hyche's daughter lost her vision at only four-months-old. She grew up never really realizing what she lost, but Hyche was determined to let her take part in everything she wanted to.</p><p>When Easter rolled around she heard about Easter egg hunts, so Hyche got to work. As a bomb disposal technician he knew exactly what to do.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/hychedaughter-daily-mail.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/hychedaughter-daily-mail_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="Hyche" alt="Hyche" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Daily Mail</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>"It's just a battery, a beeper and a switch...pretty simple."</p><p>Well his simple trick changed lives.</p><p>He made the world's first beeping Easter egg and that let children like his daughter hunt right along side other children.</p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>"One of her first phrases was 'I do it myself,'" said Hyche. And now she can.</p><p>He knows the value of independence and has since passed his idea along to the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind. They used the idea and held a big Easter egg hunt for blind children in Birmingham.</p><p>Surrounded by giggling toddlers a beaming Tamara Harrison spoke with The Daily Mail. She's with the Alabama Institute that put together the hunt.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/beepingeggs-pioneers.JPG" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/beepingeggs-pioneers_GH_content_550px.JPG 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/beepingeggs-pioneers_GH_content_650px.JPG 650w" sizes="89vw" title="Hunt" alt="Hunt" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Pioneers</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>"We love to give the opportunity for our children with disabilities and their families to come out and have the same opportunity as everybody else."</p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p></div>

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