Lauren Manning was born on Lauren Grace-Forshay Pritchard; 1961 and is an American author, entrepreneur, and businesswoman.
21 Facts About Lauren Manning
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Since the publication of her book, Lauren Manning's story has continued to receive widespread press coverage, and in 2013 President Barack Obama went so far as to cite Lauren Manning as a personification of American resilience.
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Lauren Pritchard Manning was born in 1961 in Essex County, New Jersey and was raised in St Simons, Georgia.
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Lauren Manning graduated from Glynn Academy in 1979, and went on to earn a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Fordham University in 1987.
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Lauren Manning began her career at Lehman Brothers in 1985, and in 1995 she became a partner at Cantor Fitzgerald, a New York City-based bond-trading firm.
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On September 11,2001, Lauren Manning left her home and headed for the World Trade Center's North Tower, where she was a senior executive at Cantor Fitzgerald with an office on the 105th floor.
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Moments later, as she turned towards the elevators that would take her up to her office, a wall of fire from the jet fuel explosion blasted from the elevator shafts, enveloping Lauren Manning and setting her aflame.
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Lauren Manning fought the backdraft and pushed out through the building doors and onto the sidewalk outside.
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Lauren Manning ran across the six lanes of West Street before stopping to drop and roll on a strip of grass to extinguish the flames, where she was assisted by a good Samaritan.
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Lauren Manning remained conscious despite her injuries and watched as the second plane crashed into the South Tower.
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Lauren Manning had suffered an 82.5 percent total body surface area burn, with 75 percent of those burns third degree.
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Lauren Manning would remain sedated in a medically induced coma for almost two months, during which she suffered lung collapses, partial amputations, and a near-lethal infection.
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Lauren Manning was still in critical condition when she was awakened towards the end of October 2001.
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Lauren Manning was discharged from Weill Cornell on December 12,2001, and transferred to the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital in White Plains, New York for three months of intensive occupational and physical therapy.
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Doctors noted to the press that Lauren Manning's recovery was unexpected and notable given the severity of her injuries, attributing much of the credit to Lauren Manning's positive attitude towards rehabilitation and her general good health.
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Lauren Manning did a broadcast public service message in February 2003 for Columbia Presbyterian Hospital.
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In June 2004 Lauren Manning was one of those chosen to carry the Olympic flame for the New York leg of the Athens 2004 Olympic Torch Relay, and her leg of the relay was featured on the front page of The New York Times.
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Lauren Manning was featured by The Sunday Times and Reader's Digest.
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Lauren Manning was interviewed about her experiences and opinions on television shows including The Oprah Winfrey Show, where Winfrey pronounced her "an American hero".
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Excerpts from Lauren Manning's memoir were published in Vogue on August 30,2011, in USA Today on August 29,2011, and she appeared on Today on September 7,2012.
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In July 2016 Lauren Manning gave "one of the most effective" speeches at the Democratic National Convention, according to the Washington Post.