COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- One of the passengers on board ill-fated Continental Flight 1404 was Annette Ludrick. Ludrick was heading to Houston for her daughter's wedding on Sunday. She never made it to the wedding.

"My daughter got married (Sunday) and I missed it. But that's OK. I'm still here. We're all still here," said Ludrick at her home in Colorado Springs.

Ludrick said given the big ball of fire after the crash, it's hard to believe no one died. She is one of 115 survivors of the now infamous Flight 1404 -- the first major crash in DIA's short history.

"I had my coat on my lap and I was reading. We were going pretty fast and I felt a big jerk to the left. I think it was to the left. And I remember thinking, 'this is a bad take-off,'" said Ludrick.

She quickly realized it was much more serious than a bad take-off.

"I just remember watching the overhead compartments come flying down. The panel with the lights and air came flying down and I tried to block it from hitting the lady next to me. I was trying to keep my head from slamming into the seat in front of me. I had my hands braced against the seat," said Ludrick.

"I heard passengers say, 'my life flashed before my eyes.' I don't think mine did. I just thought, 'Oh my God. Is this really happening?’ "

The plane had crashed into a 40-foot ravine. Ludrick said there was a sense of panic on board. "The lady next to me is like, 'Go maam, Go.' She apologized to me later for crawling over me. I don't remember that."

Ludrick was sitting in the very last row. She said after the crash the rear door was so close to the ground, she simply stepped off the jet right onto the ground.

"And it was so cold," said Ludrick.

Ludrick's best friend, Kelli Bell, said it's a miracle everyone survived. Bell said when things calmed down, she teased her friend. "I said, 'How dare you go have that kind of adventure without me by your side," said Bell. "We are going to give her a very merry Christmas because God has blessed her and kept her with us."

"There were a lot of heroes on board that flight," said Ludrick. "I turned and saw this big ball of fire and I could hear gentlemen saying that they had to go back to make sure all of the children made it off the jet."

"Most of the people on that plane were great. It was an awesome group of people."

Ludrick's daughter did get married. She is sending her Mom pictures of the event.

Ludrick is shopping for a new cell phone and she is trying to get a new ID. As far as she knows, her purse and her luggage are still on the plane.