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>> not even close. i wont take no for an answer. >> reporter: some of the best hospitals in the country, sutton had been told there was simply nothing to be done. he would be blind for life. the bullets had permanently destroyed his optic nerve. john had heard about a landmark break through at harvard affiliated research institute in boston where a renowned researcher had regenerated the optic nerve in mice using stem cell therapy and drugs, human trials would be next. so in march 2008, almost t...

Germ of hope lodged itself in his stubborn mind. and you were thinking maybe they can do it for you? >> i said im in the right spot. >> he talked to the leading researchers working on optic nerve repair. >> have you done any studies with severed optic nerves? >> he peppered them with questions, like he was cross-examining witnesses. >> mike gilmore, then the president, offered sutton a glimmer at least of hope. >> we will be able to regenerate an optic nerve. its not such a question of can we bu...

Hat or visor, black shirt, black pants. face shaded by the visor. and open fired. all i really remember was one bang. >> reporter: the bullets destroyed his right eye and severed the optic nerve in his left eye. the optic nerve connects the eye to the brain. without it sight is impossible. but the bad news, of course, didnt end there. >> reporter: how did you find out about susan? >> at some point, i asked melissa, how is mom doing? and melissa said she is not doing quite as well as you. theyre ...

To think what that would be like. >> yeah. >> its heavy. >> memorizing thing an going into court. he is a pretty determined guy. >> yeah, hes great. >> but adapting, even successful adapting, using a talking typewriter, for example, wasnt enough for john sutton because he waited for his sons long-delayed trial. he pursued with something like an obsession a quest to regain his eyesight. >> most people might have given up by then. cant do anything. >> not even close. >> not you. >> i wont take no ...

Light up the airplane. but imagine someone putting something to flash in your eyes and you are blinded for a couple seconds. it can damage the optic nerve as well. >> jon: with hundreds of people on board the single-engine aircraft this is a dangerous game. i want to talk about good news in the aviation world. the world wondered what happened to have to missing malaysian airlines flight that disappeared and there is a new deal in the un allowing real-time tracking of planes anywhere in the world...

All of those big men applauding. that is bray lynn stepping in as head coach for the carolina panthers. he is a first grader he signed a one-day contract with the team for the make a wish foundation. he is under going treatment for cancer on his optic nerve. he took time to hang out with his favorite team. >> he also started a danceoff in front of more than 55,000 fans. look at him go right there. >> how sweet. >> 19 minutes after the hour. we have a whole lot more for you on fox friends first. ...

>> well not only dragged me back in, but dragged me all the way here to kazakhstan. ive already participated in -- of ultrasounds and mris -- [ no audio ] happened today and ill do that again while hes in space and after he comes back. these are studies looking at the change in the genetic material the change in my brothers dna from being in space for a year and the change in bone mass changes to the brain and the optic nerve. theres about ten -- theres a list of ten different research studies f...

How far we have come -- >> and the bionic eye -- >> this is going on at mayo clinic. remember that the retina of the eye is like a a camera. you cant see because basically your film is overexposed. now what they are doing is implanting a computer chip in the back of the eye and put the computer on your hip. and the camera at the outside of your eye. have you a camera, report images, computer on your thigh signals the chip at the back of your eye to signal the optic nerve or brain, you cant see t...

>> you mention the eye. this can serve as an eye? >> this is going on at may owe clinic. the retina of the eye is like a camera and its damaged. and you cant see because your film is overexposed. what theyre doing now is theyre actually implanting a computer chip in the back of the eye and then theyre putting the computer on your hip. and a camera at the outside of your eye. you have the camera. it records the images. the computer on your thigh signals that chip at the back of your eye to signal...

Those images out of there. it seems fairly indiscriminate, 1.8 million images. they were really casting that wide net. i dont know what they were looking for. i assume malfactors and found, wow, a lot of people use this for poor. >> unfortunately ive got to leave it there. the program called optic nerve. all right. thanks so much. >> my pleasure. time to check in with shepard smith reporting live from the news desk. shep, do you cover your web cam? >> i do. we do all these weird stories. i don...