We have a 2001 ford escape, tried to start this morning, plenty of cranking power just won't fire?

SOURCE: need a diagram pitcure of firing order for a 2001 Ford Escape

you didn't say which engine so here it is for both
2001 Ford Escape 2WD
2.0 liter DOHC L4 VIN "B"
2001 Ford Escape 2WD
3.0 liter V-6 VIN "1"

SOURCE: ABS on 2001 Ford Escape .

could you have a low or odd sized tire on the car?  have you bumped a sensor?  Is the light on?

SOURCE: 2001 ford escape sometimes it wont start, then

Sounds like an air leak possibly, check all your vaccum lines that go into the intake manifold.

SOURCE: Shifter is stuck in neutral and will not move

happened to me. There's a cheap plastic retaining clip which holds some kind of electrical cable to the mechanical assembly. THis clip broke on me trying to move the shifter into drive one day. THe shifter was actually able to be placed into park again but the indicator read, "D". I had to remove all the plastic around the steering wheel so that I could view underneath it. Once I located the assembly and discovered the broken plastic retainer I re-connected the cable to it's connector and secured it in place with multiple rubber "o-rings". I'm sorry that I don't remeber the sizes. It's been about a year and 1/2 and the shifter works better than before. Took about one and a half hours to fix after trying different sizes of "o-rings" that I had handy. I'm sure a cotter pin would work as well.

SOURCE: ford escape 2002 firing order

V6 1-4-2-5-3-6 back bank pasenger side right to left cylinders 1 2 3
front bank passenger side right to left 4-5-6
4 cly 1-3-4-2