Faith. Trust. Triumph.
""I'm sorry," the doctor said. "He is permanently and totally
blind. There is nothing we can do for him.""
"George and Sarah Hingson looked at each other, devastated.
Their six-month-old son, Michael was a happy, strawberry blond baby
boy, healthy and normal in every way except one. When the Hingsons
switched on a light or made silly faces, Michael did not react.
Ever. "My best suggestion is that you send him to a home for the
blind," the doctor continued. "He will never be able to do anything
for himself.""
"Forty-seven years later, a yellow Labrador retriever puppy was
born in the whelping unit of Guide Dogs for the Blind in San
Rafael, California. The puppy's name was Roselle. On September 11,
2001, she saved Michael's life. This is Roselle's story too. "
--From the Introduction
Every moment in Michael Hingson's and Roselle's lives seemed to
lead up to this day. When one of four hijacked planes flew into the
World Trade Center's north tower on September 11, 2001, Michael
Hingson, a district sales manager for a data protection and network
security systems company, was sitting down for a meeting. His guide
dog, Roselle, was at his feet. Paired for twenty-one months, man
and dog spent that time forging a bond of trust, much like police
partners who trust their lives to each other.
Michael couldn't see a thing, but he could hear the sounds of
shattering glass, falling debris, and terrified people flooding
around him and Roselle. However, Roselle sat calmly beside him. In
that moment, Michael chose to trust Roselle's judgment and not to
panic. They were a team.
"Thunder Dog" is a story that will forever change your spirit
and your perspective. It 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.
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