September 2007: Our first month in NYC!!! Jobs and Rescue Missions

On September fifth, Andrea started her work at L’Oreal, while Chris looked for jobs and wrote hundreds of cover letters and updated his resumes. Poor baby, we did not get internet installed until three ways later so Chris had to take the train to Midtown so he can use the Public Library's free wireless internet in order to look for jobs and send resumes/cover letters.
At the end of September Chris got an interview with 8x8 Construction to become an inventory manager and driver. He nailed his interview and he looked sharp with clothes he bought at Macys for a good deal. He got the job!!!! More soon to come about how the job is going!

Chris’ Rescue mission:
Barely two weeks into Sep. Chris saved a 16 year young man from jumping our 17story building. We live on the top floor and one night we heard two boys arguing. The youngest of the brothers, an 11year old boy knocked the doors asking for help. Chris and a couple other neighbors followed the young boy to the roof where his older brother was about to jump after a broken heart. Gail, Joshua and Chris tried to reason with the teen. Meanwhile, Andrea comes out of the bathroom and notices Chris is gone. She looks out the door to see the young boy crying for his brother and ten cops coming out of the elevator and going up the stairs to the roof. On the roof, just as Chris and our neighbors are making progress, the cops come rushing in and the teen begins his climb up the safety wall to jump. Chris lunges himself at the teen and bear hugs him away from the wall with all his force and hits his knee on the wall while saving the teen from death. Soon after, Chris comes home to a scared and a confused Andrea. Afterwards, our neighbors came by and nocked our door even days after the incident thanking Chris for saving the young teen's life.