(New York, N.Y.) Michael Hingson is blind. He's also one of the survivors of the September 11th attacks. Hingson was the Mid Atlantic Sales manager for a Fortune 500 company. and was getting ready for a sales conference in Tower number one when one of the planes smashed into the building 18 floors above him. Hingson says they didn't know what had happened.
Hingson not only survived the attacks on the Twin Towers, he also wrote a book about it and continues to speak about the incident and bring aw3areness to what it's like being blind. You can find out more about Hingson's book, Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog & the Triumph of Trust, where to get it, and how to contact him for speaking engagements at his website michaelhingson.com