Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Thunder dog: the true story of a blind man, his guide dog, and the triumph of trust at Ground Zero/Michael Hingson/232 pgs

In this book, Michael Hingson, who has been blind from birth, explains how he and his guide dog, Roselle, survived the horrors of the September 11 attacks. Trapped on the 78th floor of Tower One in the World Trade Center, the duo and one of Michael's co-workers managed to find their way to safety, counting stairs on his way down (all 1,463 of them). The parts regarding 9/11, his life as a blind person and how he deals with it were interesting but the story does get a little preachy at times. Not as good a book as I thought it would be but does give you an insight into what those who were in the World Trade towers were feeling about what happened on 9/11.

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