The Optician of LampedusaThe heartbreaking true story of an ordinary man whose life is changed forever by one of the greatest human tragedies of our time. I can hardly begin to describe to you what I saw as our boat approached the source of that terrible noise. I hardly want to. You won't understand because you weren't there. You can't understand. You see, I thought I'd heard seagulls screeching. Seagulls fighting over a lucky catch. Birds. Just birds. The Optician of