Life is for living article.

This is CAE exam writing task. I would really appreciate if someone could proofread it. Thank you

You see this announcement in an international magazine.
People sometimes say that they will never forget where they were when they heard that a certain famous event happened.
Write an article telling us:
• Where you were when you heard news of a significant event.
• What you were doing at that moment.
• Why this specific event had such a strong impact on you.

Near the catastrophe

Like every day I woke up late, and I decided to have lunch at restaurant down the street because that afternoon I was leaving my apartment in Madrid, and I didn’t want to clean up again the kitchen. I was so excited, after one year studying far away from home I was going to see everybody in Santiago.
I decided to take a stroll to the train station and, when I was almost getting there, I realized I had forgotten my wallet. I had to go all the way back and once again in my life I was rushing so I wouldn’t miss the train. I sprinted to my apartment but I knew it was worthless; I had missed the train so I stayed at my apartment.
I had anything to do that day so I rented some movies and I stayed all day lying in bed with my laptop. As soon as I was falling asleep, my cell phone started ringing. It was my mom; she was desperately crying and asking me if I was ok. I turned on the TV and I started watching the news. It was terrible, a train accident just have had place near Santiago. It was the train that I’ve had missed. I spent all night in front of the TV, speechless, unable to move until the next morning.
I couldn’t stop thinking- Elisa, you could have died yesterday- then I realized that life was so short to be worried about little things. The last school year had been really rough and I used to be depressed all day long. That accident definitely changed my life’s point of view. I told myself that life was for living, a gift where you have to fall and get up again. Now, every day I look at myself at the mirror and I say- Elisa, life is what you make of it, be glad that you are alive, that’s the best thing that can happen to you.