A New Jersey woman who was steps away from the site of one of Friday's devastating attacks in Paris said she's counting her blessings after she and her friends escaped the carnage safely.
"When I woke up this morning, I just looked to the sky and I just thanked God," Jessica Ross, 30, told NBC10's Jim Rosenfield. "God brought us to see another day, and we can process everything that's taken place.
A group of Ross' friends from New Jersey were visiting her in Paris when the coordinated terror attacks rocked the city and the world. The friends were dining at a restaurant close to the site of one of the assaults and said they hid in the basement for safety.
"It could've been us," Ross, who moved from Willingboro to Paris a few weeks ago, said. "We were right there."
Ross said she and her friends are still in shock after the violent massacre, which claimed the lives of at least 129 people and wounded more than 350 others at various sites in and around Paris.
"Your heart just goes out to everyone who was affected and the people who lost family members," Ross said. "Thank God he spared our lives."
