Two brothers living with blindness completed a 10-kilometer race (6.2 miles) in 2 hours and 41 minutes. Willard J. Walker and John W. Smith walked side by side with their white canes in opposite hands. They were determined to finish the race and were not concerned with how fast they moved. Onlookers shouted out words of encouragement to support the blind athletes.

"I wanted to show people that while we lost our sight, life goes on," said Walker, 63, who participated in his third AJC Peachtree Road Race but the first one without his vision. "People put those who are visually impaired or blind in a box. Even before they meet us, they start talking louder. I can hear you, I'm just visually impaired. We still have families, friends and obligations. That doesn't stop."

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"Blindness doesn't deter brothers from completing 10K road race"