"Seeing" Without Sight.

In 1959, George Triffon, a young man with 20/20 vision and a promising future, was driving home from church when a car hit him from behind. It was just an ordinary car accident, and he was even able to drive himself home. A few weeks later, he noticed some small, dark spots in his vision, and that was the beginning of a long, devastating journey as he began to slowly lose his eyesight. He would spend the next several years traveling to different eye specialists and hospitals around the US, where he was subjected to a handful of painful ineffective procedures. George was just beginning his career and had just started a family when his world was turned upside down by a string of events that left him completely blind at the age of 31. He was faced with the challenge of learning how to do everything again, but this time without the gift of sight, which so many of us take for granted. He wrote Threshold to Darkness in an effort to remember every detail of this pivotal time in his life, which not only changed his life, but also the lives of everyone around him.

About the Author George Triffon was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1932 to Elvira and Angel Triffon, immigrants from Greece. He was the youngest of four boys who all enjoyed a childhood of working at their father’s restaurant and playing football. He went on to earn a degree in Dentistry from Ohio State University and joined the U.S. Air Force in 1957 as a dental officer. He married Pat Berry in 1956 and they had two children, Greg and Krys. After a car accident in 1959, he began having complications with his eyes and developed an eye condition that left him blind by the age of 31. He began writing Threshold to Darkness in 1964 on a Royal manual typewriter after completing a five-month blind rehabilitation course at The Hines Veteran Administration Hospital. Threshold to Darkness is a recounting of his life and the painful experience of going blind, all of which make up not only who he is, but who his wife, kids and grandchildren turned out to be.