A hands-on tour of Sun Life Stadium

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  Visual impaired students Jonathan Flores, 15, Eric Ortiz, 15, Frankie Young, 18, and Nathaniel Gray, 17, all take turns feeling the statue of Don Shula outside of Sun Life Stadium. Students from Miami Lighthouse for the Blind got a hands-on tour of the stadium on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, before the Dolphins-Jaguars game. CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Frankie Young, 18, feels the surface and engraving on the statue of Don Shula at Sun Life Stadium. Students from Miami Lighthouse for the Blind got a hands-on tour of the stadium on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, before the Dolphins-Jaguars game. CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Eric Ortiz, 15, left, assists Frankie Young 18, in touching the engraving on the statue of Don Shula at Sun Life Stadium. Students from Miami Lighthouse for the Blind got a hands-on tour of the stadium on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, before the Dolphins-Jaguars game. CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Eric Ortiz, 15, who is visually impaired, touches the grass on the football field at Sun Life Stadium. Students from Miami Lighthouse for the Blind used their sense of touch to experience the stadium during a tour on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, before the Dolphins-Jaguars game. CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Eric Ortiz, 15, who is visually impaired, touches the engraving on the statue of Don Shula at Sun Life Stadium. Students from Miami Lighthouse for the Blind got a hands-on tour of the stadium on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, before the Dolphins-Jaguars game. CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Nathaniel, 17, left, his father, Calvin Gray, Frankie Young, 17, and Eric Ortiz all get a closer feel for the Don Shula statue in front of Sun Life Stadium. Students from Miami Lighthouse for the Blind got a hands-on tour of the stadium on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, before the Dolphins-Jaguars game. CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Eric Ortiz, 15, who is visually impaired, mimics the Don Shula statue as he pumps his fist in the air. Students from Miami Lighthouse for the Blind got a hands-on tour of Sun Life Stadium on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, before the Dolphins-Jaguars game. CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Robert Gacko leads his wife, Virginia, CEO of Miami Lighthouse for the Blind, along with her guide dog, Kieran, as the group enters Sun Life Stadium. Students from Miami Lighthouse for the Blind got a hands-on tour of the stadium on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, before the Dolphins-Jaguars game. CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Eric Ortiz, 15, left, and Virginia Gacko both use their hands to feel the texture and weight of a Miami Dolphins helmet. Students from Miami Lighthouse for the Blind got a hands-on tour of the stadium on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, before the Dolphins-Jaguars game. CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Eric Ortiz, 15, right, touches the grass on the football field at Sun Life Stadium as Robert Gacko looks on. Students from Miami Lighthouse for the Blind got a hands-on tour of the stadium on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, before the Dolphins-Jaguars game. CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Eric Ortiz, 15, who is visually impaired, touches the grass on the football field on Sun Life Stadium. Students from Miami Lighthouse for the Blind got a hands-on tour of the stadium on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, before the Dolphins-Jaguars game. CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Eric Ortiz tries on a Miami Dolhpins football helmet. Students from Miami Lighthouse for the Blind got a hands-on tour of Sun Life Stadium on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, before the Dolphins-Jaguars game. CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Eric Ortiz, left, 15, gleefully holds a football and helmet as fellow student Frankie Young, 18, waits for the guided tour to begin while holding on to transitional program coordinator Emily Nostro, right. Students from Miami Lighthouse for the Blind got a hands-on tour of Sun Life Stadium on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, before the Dolphins-Jaguars game. CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Frankie Young and Eric Ortiz feel the blades of fine grass from the football field at Sun Life Stadiu. Students from Miami Lighthouse for the Blind got a hands-on tour of the stadium on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, before the Dolphins-Jaguars game. CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Eric Ortiz tosses a football inside Sun Life Stadium. Students from Miami Lighthouse for the Blind got a hands-on tour of the stadium on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, before the Dolphins-Jaguars game. CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF