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Sep 10, 2022 · During the September 11th attacks, a blind man named Michael Hingson descended 78 floors of the North Tower of the World Trade Center with his beloved guide dog. "I would not be alive today if it weren't for Roselle."
Michael Hingson embraces his guide dog Roselle. Michael Hingson has been blind since birth due to a disease called retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). In his infancy, doctors suggested his parents send him to a home for the blind, where they could take better care of him.
Roselle and her owner, Michael Hingson, first met on November 22, 1999. She was Hingson's fifth guide dog. [6] Roselle was asleep under her owner's desk on the 78th floor in Tower 1 of the World Trade Center when the attack commenced.
Jul 1, 2011 · The story of a blind man stepping into a world of danger without a vision but only a dog that can help him out to one of the tallest skyscraper that been built for years. Michael Hingson , the hero and the survivor of the 9/11 tragedy, made a history for blind people.
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Sep 13, 2023 · 9-11. On that fateful Tuesday, sales director Michael Hingson, blind since birth, arrived for work on the 78th floor of the World Trade Center’s Tower One. Hingson’s guide dog, Roselle, settled...
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Aug 29, 2024 · In Morristown, New Jersey, near the Morristown Green, there’s a lifelike bronze statue of a man and his dog. This man is Morris Frank, the co-founder and first Vice President of The Seeing Eye. By his side is Buddy, a German Shepherd, recognizable by his assistance animal harness.
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Sep 11, 2021 · NEW YORK — On September 11, 2001, Michael Hingson and his guide dog, Roselle, were on the 78th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Michael had been blind from birth. Roselle,...
