>> i ran up this, the rocks, and then i ran into the second house over there and that's where mr. larry was. >> one of the kids came running across the street yelling, mister, mister, there's some kids in trouble here. >> reporter: larry couldn't believe what he saw. he called 911 and a flood of emergency responders were on scene. >> it took three each to haul the kids out. they were stuck in there. they were sucked right into that thing. >> they tried to pull me out, but they had to dig like that deep to get my legs out. >> reporter: it took 20 minutes to unstick katie and andrew. they were slightly hypothermic and a little banged up. >> right here, here, here -- >> reporter: but they were alive. the lesson -- >> to stay away from mud. >> reporter: you saw in the video there was fencing, emergency tape around it. that came after the kids were pulled out of the mud, when they