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March Air Reserve Base - May 20, 2010 - March family to fight son's blindness with a bike ride across the United States

Monday, 14 June 2010

MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, Calif. -- When 18-year-old James "Bubba" Frigo, Jr., looks at the night sky, he can no longer see the stars. In 2008, a doctor specializing in inherited eye disorders diagnosed Bubba with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative disorder in which photoreceptor cells in the retina die, leading to a gradual decline of vision.

Written by: Megan Just

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