Thunder Dog

By Michael Hingson and Susy Flory

Book Overview

Faith. ?Trust. ?Triumph. "I trust Roselle with my life, every day. She trusts me to direct her. And today is no different, except the stakes are higher." ? Michael Hingson First came the boom'the loud, deep, unapologetic bellow that seemed to erupt from the very core of the earth.?Eerily, the majestic high-rise slowly leaned to the south. 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. on September 11, 2001?what should have been a normal workday for thousands of people. 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. 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. However, Roselle sat calmly beside him. In that moment, Michael chose to trust Roselle's judgment and not to panic. They are a team. 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. 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. It's the 9/11 story that will forever change your spirit and your perspective. Thunder Dog illumiates 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140020304X
• ISBN13: 9781400203048
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

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Love this book! So well written Michael Hingson is an incredible storyteller. So incredible and so heart wrenching hear his story and his personal experience.

This book teaches us a deep understanding of life - please read this book

The title was intriguing. Larry King wrote it is a page-turner, but I was immediately captured. The wit and wisdom that this incredibly intelligent man offers is eye-opening and insightful without being judgmental to us, the "sighted" people. The book is about his journey down the steps from his 78th floor office in Tower One. But injected and sprinkled into that are life-lessons that he had, which all together honed him into the FAITH-FILLED, PATIENT and LIFE-LOVING man that he is. You will laugh through tears. Everyone should read this book.