Classmates work together to help friend see color for the 1st time
When Savannah Allen's classmates at UC Blue Ash College in Ohio learned she might have to quit the dental hygienist program because she is color blind, they worked fast to make sure that didn't happen.
Allen, 22, says that what looks red and green to her is usually brown. This wasn't an issue until one day in class, when an instructor started watching her as she worked on a patient. The instructor asked Allen why she was missing so much plaque, pointing out different spots on the teeth. "I'm like, 'I can't see, I have no idea what you're talking about,'" Allen told WLWT.
Worried that this would end her career as a dental hygienist before it even started, Allen's classmates decided to surprise her with a pair of glasses that helps with color blindness. They raised $400, and while they talked about giving Allen the money to buy the glasses, "we thought it would be a great moment to share and watch her see color for the first time," friend Isabella Perrin said. When they presented Allen with the glasses, she gasped and began to cry as she clearly saw her friends for the first time. "You guys are so beautiful," she said.Catherine Garcia
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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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