Elvi Amodio was a 7 year old Sicilian girl when she met Dr. Mandel for the first time.  She was writing on the blackboard in her classroom when a pencil, thrown by a classmate, pierced her right eye.  After many surgeries in Sicily, Elvi’s parents were told that there was nothing that could be done to restore her sight.  In fact, they said her eye needed to be removed.  Luckily, her parents weren’t ready to give up.  Relatives in Bensonhurst, …
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