Faith.
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..
Thunder Dog is a Story that will forever change your spirit and your perspective.
They were a team.
In that moment, Michael chose to Trust Roselle\'s judgment and not to panic.
However, Roselle sat calmly beside him.
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.
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.
His Guide dog, Roselle, was at his feet.
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. --From the Introduction Every moment in Michael Hingson\'s and Roselle\'s lives seemed to lead up to this day.
This is Roselle\'s Story too.
On September 11, 2001, she saved Michael\'s life.
The puppy\'s name was Roselle.
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.
He will never be able to do anything for himself.
My best suggestion is that you send him to a home for the blind, the doctor continued.
Ever.
When the Hingsons switched on a light or made silly faces, Michael did not react.
Their six-month-old son, Michael was a happy, strawberry blond baby boy, healthy and normal in every way except one.
George and Sarah Hingson looked at each other, devastated.
There is nothing we can do for him.
He is permanently and totally blind.
I\'m sorry, the doctor said.
Triumph.
Trust.
Faith
