![]() ![]() Hingson learns to navigate the sighted world with the help of adaptive technologies and establishes the trust and teamwork needed between him and his guides. ![]() The flashbacks give you insight into how Mr. The tales are humorous, inspiring, and set the stage for their harrowing escape from the tower. Hinson growing up as a blind child, his trials and tribulations from school, to college, to life with his first and subsequent guide dogs. ![]() The book is peppered with flashbacks of Mr. Emerging from the tower just moments before it fell, Roselle guided them both through what must have been sheer terror, to safety in an underground subway station. Hingson writes about the fateful day that his guide dog saved his life- jumping up from under his desk when the plane struck his tower, and guiding him down 78 flights of stairs over the course of several hours while fires blazed above them and jet fuel fumes choked the air of the stairwell. In his memoir of the event, titled Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust, Mr. Hingson and Roselle were on the 78th floor of the World Trade Center on Septemwhen the planes struck the twin towers. For those that don’t know about this famous duo, Mr. As a guide dog puppy raiser (for the school Roselle came from, no less) I always intrigued by the story of guide dog handler Michael Hingson and his guide dog Roselle. ![]()
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