[nagdu] Thunderdog

[Sherri]

I highly recommend the book Thunderdog by Michael Hingson. Not only is it a 
story of triumph on 09/11, it is the story of triumph as a blind person. 
Let's all remember those who didn't make it out of WBC and those first 
responders who gave their lives.

Sherri
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Janice Toothman" <janice.toothman at verizon.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Thunderdog


> Hi everyone,
> I think that we should all take a moment a pray or be silent (if pray is 
> not something you do) to remember the victims of 9/11 and their families, 
> as well as those people who served to assist the injured and the survivors 
> and their families as well as they continue to heal and deal with there 
> experiences.
> Janice and Destiny in Retraining
>
> On 9/11/2011 7:37 AM, cheryl echevarria wrote:
>> Let us remember today, and thank god Michael and roselie got out.
>>
>> I am here in NY, it is a National remembrance not just a New York.
>>
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Natalie"<nrorrell at qwest.net>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 10:38 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Thunderdog
>>
>>
>>> Right on, Julie.  I'll put this on my long to-read list.
>>> Best,
>>> Nat and Liam Joshua
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Julie J."<julielj at neb.rr.com>
>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 7:43 PM
>>> Subject: [nagdu] Thunderdog
>>>
>>>
>>>>         NLS now has Thunder dog,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and
>>>>         the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero
>>>>
>>>> Hingson, Michael. Read by Peter Ganim. Reading time 7 hours 19 minutes.
>>>> Blindness and Physical Handicaps
>>>>
>>>> Michael Hingson, an executive who worked in the North Tower of the 
>>>> World
>>>> Trade Center, recounts his escape after the September 11, 2001,
>>>> terrorist
>>>> attacks. Hingson, blind since birth, describes what he and his guide 
>>>> dog
>>>> Roselle experienced as she led him down seventy-eight flights of stairs
>>>> to
>>>> safety. 2011.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I actually got the Audible version on Wednesday and finished it this
>>>> morning.  Who knew the library would have a new book this soon?  It was
>>>> a
>>>> good book.  It's the story of Mike and Roselle's experience on 9-11
>>>> intermingled with biographical info and historical info about blindness
>>>> with an emphasis on technology.  I wish schools would have this as
>>>> required reading and skip that Helen  Keller book.  It's kind of dated
>>>> and
>>>> this gives a much more realistic picture of blindness today.
>>>>
>>>> Happy reading!
>>>> Julie
>>>>
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