A Serious message to all my friends and family from Crystal!!!!!  Date: 9/11/01 2:42:24 PM Pacific Daylight Time  From:    cmoore7@optonline.net (Crystal Moore) Today I entered Manhattan seven thirty in the morning. I was awake and had no clue that I would almost lose my life. As I sat on the 19th floor of the State building waiting to take my real estate exam. I heard a weird noise fly by. I looked and I saw the first plane fly straight into the middle of the WTC. I saw the collision with my own eyes and stared in amazement. There right before me was a big hole in the middle of the building a few blocks away. As the building started to burn I saw people literally jump to their death. This is one of the most terrifying things to see... Crying I ran downstairs- thinking of taking the test another day... As soon as I got outside the second airplane hit the second building. The ground shook, papers flew everywhere and some of us then realized that this was serious. it was no mistake we were right in the middle of an attack... As I ran crying hearing people scream with papers everywhere all I could think of is trying to reach my family. But I couldn't --the cell phones were blocked and lines to the pay phones were literally around the corner. How would my family know that I was ok. where they ok? Was I going to make it out? I was so afraid but I heard a still inner voice that said keep moving. I ran until I couldn't run anymore and then I walked until I couldn't walk anymore... Still nervous and afraid I hear through the other people running and screaming in the streets that we are under attack and that the Pentagon was attacked and that everywhere bombs are going off.  Still crying I moved as fast as I could. It seemed like only a few minutes to me but now I hear the reports say that it was a hour and a half later. I had just made it to worth street and Broadway... I heard a loud noise and the earth shook even worse than the second hit. I turned around and saw the WTC collapse right in the area that I was in a few moments before. Crying hysterically, throwing up, a nervous wreck I realized that it was only God that had spared my life. I realized that if I would have stood there and watched --like some other people I saw did-- I would or could have been killed or seriously injured. I didn't know how close I was to the building but my uncle told me I was about ten blocks away. from that 19th window it looked like ten feet away...  Still emotionally upset and refusing to look at the news footage I decided to write this letter to you -- Just to let you know that I love you -- SERIOUSLY! It is VERY TRUE that you are here today and can be gone tomorrow. The people who were killed when the planes hit they were just like me-- sitting in a high building minding their business ready for a fresh brand new day. they didn't know it would be their last and neither do we. I saw the plane hit the first building with my very own eyes. I saw the WTC fall right in the area where I was about to take my test. And nothing but God can erase all of the horrible things that I saw today with my very own eyes. So Please-- don't take life for granted. Don't watch things like a movie and lose your life like others did... Maybe I lived so that I will learn to calm down and enjoy life a little more. Maybe I lived just to tell you to tell others how you feel about them. Forget all the petty silly arguments that make no sense to have. ENJOY LIFE!!!! WE ONLY HAVE ONE!!! Tell your family and friends that you love them-- don't take them for granted because you may speak to them one day and they or you  may be gone the next. And please pray for the families who lost loved ones-- pray for my some of my classmates who chose to stay and watch (I don't know if they are ok) Pray for my cousins uncle who worked in the building and we have no clue if he is ok. And then pray for yourself and others like me-- who witnessed something so tragic and horrible that is very scarring to one's life. I will always remember this day and remember that I have a new lease on life. The mandate now is to enjoy it and live it to the fullest before that lease expires. Remember that I love you and if I have hurt you in any way please forgive me. No time for silly stuff only time to live. How will you choose to live your life?   Respectfully submitted,  Crystal H. Moore cmoore7@optonline.net