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Wills Eye Hospital offers free glasses to public for viewing solar eclipse

Philadelphia (8/21/17)

Wills Eye Hospital provided 2,000 pairs of free solar eclipse viewing glasses this morning. All of the glasses were gone by 10:00 a.m.

 

The first person in line arrived at 4:30 a.m. and was interviewed by several local TV stations. The line wound around the four corners, encompassing the hospital at Ninth and Walnut Streets.

 

A diverse group of individuals stood in line, reading, listening to music, taking selfies and attending to their pets, as they killed time before receiving their glasses.

 

Wills Eye Hospital was recently honored among the best Eye Hospitals in the country by U.S. News and World Reports: Best Hospitals.

 

Photos: roger barone/WILLS EYE HOSPITAL

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Uploaded on August 21, 2017
Taken on August 21, 2017