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Sep 10, 2022 · Updated September 23, 2024. Blind since birth, Michael Hingson relied on his guide dog Roselle to lead him down 78 floors of the North Tower during the 9/11 terrorist attacks — and she did. On September 11, 2001, Michael Hingson was in his 78th-floor office in the North Tower of the World Trade Center. He was preparing for the workday when he ...
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. Michael’s parents, however, decided that they would love and raise him in the same way they raised his older brother, Ellery.
Mar 8, 2015 · Hingson, blind from infancy due to a medical procedure used to provide oxygen to premature babies, his guide dog, Michael Hingson was working on the 78th floor in Tower 1 of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 when American Airlines Flight 11 flew into floors 93 through 99 of the building.
Jan 7, 2024 · On that fateful day, Michael Hingson who was a sales director and blind since birth, came to work as usual on the 78th floor of Tower One at the World Trade Center. He had a guide dog named Roselle, who made herself comfortable below the desk, her usual post. At 8:45 a.m., a hijacked jetliner rammed the tower 18 floors above Hingson.
After this she was returned to Guide Dogs for the Blind so that she could be trained as a guide dog. [5] 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.
Sep 11, 2021 · For Michael Hingson, Sept. 11, 2001, began as another day at the office. Then he heard an explosion and the North Tower of the World Trade Center started to sway.
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Jul 1, 2011 · Mr. Hingson, who has been blind since infancy, lets the reader know how capable he is despite his blindness. He also shares how important a guide dog is to a blind person. Michael Hingson gives the reader a view of his every day life along with the minute-by-minute details of his experiences on 9/11. The theme of the book was trust.
