Aftersight Ep. 12: Bill Johnson, An Author with Stunning Resilience

Bill Johnson was walking to the subway station with two colleagues when a lone gunman jumped out of the shadows and shot all three of them. Bill was the lucky one. The bullet that struck him entered one temple and exited the other, destroying his optic nerve. The other two men were killed. Now profoundly blind, Bill had to learn to navigate this new, dark world. Today on Aftersight, Bill talks with Penn about his experiences… about the shooting and about his realization that his life had changed forever. But Bill also talks about his matter-of-fact acceptance of his new situation and talks about how that let him get back to living. He said he was in a huge hurry before the incident, and he carried that sense of urgency with him as he worked to get back to living his life. He talks about his relationships, learning to get around again, and the adaptive technology that has empowered him. Authorwilliamjohnson.com Amazon Book link: https://amzn.to/3FVzBMJ