Author: kristen.mastoras

Baruch was awesome this semester! I really enjoyed all of my classes and I liked most of my professors. It turned out to be much better then I expected and I really had  great experience meeting a lot of new people and making tons of friends. I hope everything I learned from this semester will help make next semester even better!

hello! My name is Kristen and i am really excited to be attending Baruch this year. I am on the volleyball team here so I hope it doesn’t take up to much of my study time, but other then that also really excited to continue playing. I hope Baruch turns out to be a great experience and somewhere I can enjoy being for the next four years.

Unforgettable

Its funny how it could take just one night to change the way you look at life, and really appreciate all the chances you get. Just one incident, everything you once believed in, and everything you had never even thought of believing in suddenly change, everything changes. It was a dark and rainy night as my friend and I were leaving a party. We were drenched from running two feet to her brand new Infinity two door car that her parents had just brought her. Life seemed great, I mean, what else could we ask for. Friends, parties, our hot ride, that’s all that mattered senior year.

We have the heat blasting, laughing about everything that happened at the party, I was switching threw the radio for something good to listen to. There was nothing good on so I settled for “California King Bed” by Rihanna. The rain was getting worst as we slowed down and stopped at a red light. As the light turned green, my friend told me to text her mom to let her know we were driving home. The next thing I saw was bright lights and at that moment I just froze. I could not react even with a scream, everything was just so quick.

It all happened so fast it’s hard to remember it all. The air bags popped open and smacked me in the face. I didn’t realize until later how much the impact really hurt. Some time later, once we realized what had happened, my friend and I were screaming because we couldn’t get out. Both doors were trapped between a pole and the mystery car that had struck us.

Thankfully no one was hurt in the terrifying event. The trauma of being in an accident was horrible enough without someone getting injured. We truly were lucky, and this is the times in life when your reminded, the parties, the cars, that’s all fun and great, but that is not what matters.

It felt like hours before the police and ambulance came. They moved the car as quickly as possible to get us out. Once we were out of the crushed brand new car, it was all kind of a blur. I felt like I was going through the motions of what I was told to do, but my mind was somewhere else. Where’s my friend? Is she OK? How about my family? They must be so scared. So much was racing through my mind, I couldn’t focus on what was really happening and the reality of it all.

I remember being taken over to the ambulance truck and someone looking into my eyes and taking my heart rate. Then they told me to open my mouth and blow, I didn’t realize until after that they were checking to see if I was drinking. They must of did the same thing for my friend because after some guy said, “These two are sober”. I wanted to scream out, we did nothing, but I couldn’t find the strength.

The police officer still made us go to the hospital for further evaluation and so our parents can pick us up there. Someone must have already notified our them because they were already at the hospital hysterical. Both parents were so happy to see we were conscious and responding. After more tests, the doctor finally cleared us and said we were fine, with the exception of some scratches and bruises.

A police officer came in and told us that the car that hit us was a drunk driver, with an alcohol level of .09. Then is when I realize how much worst this situation could have been for both me and my friend and the drunk driver.