Roselle, the dog that saved her blind owner from the 78th floor of Tower on September 11th#shorts

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The Labrador Retriever guide dog, Roselle, was with her owner, Michael Hingson, in his office on the 78th floor of Tower One, when the World Trade Center was attacked on September 11th. When the plane crashed into the building, 18 floors above her, Roselle calmly led Hingson through the chaos, down 78 floors. It took over an hour to make their descent and get out of the building. Even as Tower Two collapsed, Roselle never wavered from her job, guiding Hingson through the debris and smoke to shelter in a subway entrance. She then led her owner 40 blocks to a friend’s apartment.

After the attacks, Hingson left New York for California where he worked for Guide Dogs for the Blind. Roselle lived with the Hingson family for the rest of her life, dying on June 26, 2011. She received the AKC Humane Fund Awards for Canine Excellence (ACE) in 2002 as well as posthumously receiving the 2011 Hero Dogs Award from the American Humane Association.