🔥 Please subscribe to our YouTube channel and check out our other videos! 👉 Subscribe to our podcast: https://affordanything.com/spotify https://affordanything.com/applepodcasts On the morning of September 11th, a man on the 78th floor of the World Trade Center couldn't see the fire, the smoke, or the tower collapsing next door. He walked all 78 floors down anyway — and so did the guide dog who'd been sound asleep under his desk moments before impact. Michael Hingson is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and international keynote speaker who has spent 25 years teaching audiences about trust, teamwork, and controlling fear — lessons drawn from that morning, and from a lifetime of working with guide dogs. Chapters: (10:53) Off to a normal day at the World Trade Center (20:33) The moment a plane hits 18 floors above him (28:46) How he knew a plane hit without seeing it (32:05) The trick that snaps a coworker out of panic (35:49) A firefighter stops to check if he's okay (43:56) Told to run — a tower is about to fall (44:46) The voice in his head that reset his fear (46:28) Why his guide dog suddenly refuses to move (50:01) The moment his own tower vanishes behind him (1:12:54) What his dog did the second they got home ❓GOT A QUESTION? WE'D LOVE TO HEAR IT https://affordanything.com/voicemail 🎧 NEVER MISS AN EPISODE Apple Podcasts: https://affordanything.com/applepodcasts Spotify: http://affordanything.com/spotify 🤗JOIN OUR PRIVATE COMMUNITY: https://affordanything.com/community 🤗STAY IN THE LOOP: https://affordanything.com/newsletter 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOURCES: 👉 Michael's website — book him to speak, or read more of his story: https://michaelhingson.com 👉 Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero: https://amzn.to/3T2TQDU 👀 WATCH THIS VIDEO NEXT: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking, with Jon Acuff | Afford Anything Podcast (Audio-Only) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGz7shJfZZI 👋 SAY HI ON SOCIAL: Facebook: https://facebook.com/affordanything Instagram: https://instagram.com/paulapant X: https://x.com/affordanything #911 #GuideDog #OvercomingFear #ThunderDog https://youtu.be/8mZ496yMYUo