A Fly in the Eye

Ten years ago the worst thing that ever happened to me... happened. I took a 1/0 saltwater hook in through the side of my eyeball and back out directly through the middle of my iris. Actually I didn't do it; the guy I was photographing fishing did. My eyeball collapsed in a hot flare of light, then dark. As if this wasn't bad enough, we were alone on a deserted beach…