11, 2001, but also shared experiences from throughout his life that gave him the instincts to survive that devastating day.

He was accompanied by his current guide dog, Alamo.ĭuring his talk, Hingson detailed what happened on Sept. He shared his life story at Saint Leo University, on Feb. Michael Hingson has been blind all his life and is a 9/11 survivor. Hingson, the author of “Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog and the Triumph of Trust,” recently shared his story at Saint Leo University. Hingson has been blind since birth and he, with his former guide dog, Roselle, had to work as a team to find their way to safety. Thunder Dog illuminates Hingson's lifelong determination to achieve parity in a sighted world, and how the rare trust between a man and his guide dog can inspire an unshakable faith in each one of us.Michael Hingson felt a sense of calmness as he walked floor by floor - exiting the World Trade Center on Sept. It's the 9/11 story that will forever change your spirit and your perspective. Live each moment from the second a Boeing 767 hits the north tower, to the harrowing stairwell escape, to dodging death a second time as both towers fold into the earth. Thunder Dog allows you entry into the isolated, fume-filled chamber of stairwell B to experience survival through the eyes of a blind man and his beloved guide dog. In that moment, Michael chose to trust Roselle's judgment and not to panic. Blind since birth, Michael couldn't see a thing, but he could hear the sounds of shattering glass, falling debris, and terrified people flooding around him and his guide dog, Roselle. All that was known to the people inside was what they could see out the windows: smoke and fire and millions of pieces of burning paper and other debris falling through the air.

on September 11, 2001- what should have been a normal workday for thousands of people. On the seventy-eighth floor of the World Trade Center's north tower, no alarms sounded, and no one had information about what had happened at 8:46 a.m.

Eerily, the majestic high-rise slowly leaned to the south. First came the boom-the loud, deep, unapologetic bellow that seemed to erupt from the very core of the earth. And today is no different, except the stakes are higher.' -Michael Hingson. 'I trust Roselle with my life, every day.

Thunder Dog by Michael Hingson