1、“I have a lot more strength and am ready to move forward with a normal life，”Lauren says，five years after the Sept．11 Attacks．

That day as she  36   the building，a fireball raced down the elevator and blasted her back out,  37  more than 82% of her body．Doctors gave her just a 15% chance of surviving．   38   25 surgeries, including skin grafts(移植)and scar revisions to her    39   ，face，and hands，she finished her five-year  40   last month．Now, she has to learn how to sit，walk and drink from a cup．Susan，one of her doctors，says，“Lauren was  41  badly burned that it's a miracle she  42   has hands at all．Still，she  43  you in the eye and says，‘I don't have bad days．’”

Recently，Tyler，Lauren's son，has made his own  44  of what his mom went through that   45  day．He watched his parents appear on the Today Show and asked his mother why she ever went into the building“I   46  you hadn't been hurt，Mommy，”he said．

Lauren and her husband work   47  to give the little boy the right  48  ，“We tell him some bad guys did a bad thing，and that's how Mommy was  49  ，”says Lauren．They   50   Tyler reassurances(肯定)that it's not going to happen to him，and that his parents will protect him no matter what happens．

They're enjoying    51   they have．It's the unplanned pleasures they truly   52   ．Tyler has gotten into playacting, and he'll suddenly    53    a script(剧本)．“You'll be the princess．” he'll say to Lauren，“and I'll be the knight(骑士)．My dog can be the dragon．”

Lauren   54  as she tells the story．“Life doesn't get  55  better．”she says．