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Roselle the 9/11 Guide Dog

Simon Watts speaks to Michael Hingson, whose guide dog Roselle helped him escape from the Twin Towers on 9/11. From 2017.

After the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001, a New York guide dog called Roselle was hailed as a hero.

She had helped her owner safely down 78 flights of stairs and away from the Twin Towers before they collapsed in Lower Manhattan.

Simon Watts speaks to Roselle's owner, Michael Hingson.

Producer: Simon Jones

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in September 2017.

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