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Criminal

Roselle and Michael

Criminal

Vox Media Podcast Network

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.738.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Michael Hingson was on the 78th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. He says the first indication that something was wrong was the sound of a muffled explosion. Then the building began to tilt, and he felt the floor drop like an elevator. But Michael Hingson didn’t panic because his guide dog, Roselle, was calm. Michael Hingson’s book is Thunder Dog. Listen to other episodes of This is Love at https://thisislovepodcast.com/. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for our occasional newsletter, The Accomplice. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: iTunes.com/CriminalShow. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Support for this show comes from Krakan.

0:03.0

Krypto is like the financial system, but different.

0:07.0

It doesn't care where you come from, what you look like, your credit score,

0:11.0

or your outrageous food delivery habits.

0:13.7

crypto is finance for everyone everywhere all the time.

0:18.4

Krakhan, see what crypto can be.

0:21.3

Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest.

0:25.0

This is a high-risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong.

0:31.2

Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of 9-11, so for today's episode, we wanted to share a story from

0:37.4

our other podcast, This is Love, About That Day, and how one man got through it.

0:44.8

I am Michael Hinkson. I happen to be blind.

0:48.4

Were you born blind?

0:50.9

Technically no, but in fact yes. Technically no because I was born two months premature and was put in an incubator and given a pure oxygen environment which caused the retinous to malform which is what caused my blindness.

1:03.6

So technically two days after I was born, but for all intents and purposes, yes, I was born

1:08.4

blind.

1:09.4

Michael Hingsen was born in 1950. These days he lives in Victorville, California with his wife Karen.

1:18.0

Back in 2001, he lived in Westfield, New Jersey, and commuted

1:23.4

into Manhattan every day for work.

1:26.7

He was the regional sales manager and head of operations

1:30.3

for a company that provided data protection and network storage systems.

1:35.0

And his office was on the 78th floor of Tower 1 of the World Trade Center.

1:42.0

In 1999, Michael of the World Trade Center.

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