>> reporter: where were your kids and family? >> they were a couple blocks over. it did hardly no damage over there. my best friend across the street had to get me out. >> reporter: he had to get you out of there? >> yeah. because i couldn't see. >> reporter: this basically protected you, though. >> the walls of this house pretty much protected me from the rest of the stuff. but the house was right here. >> reporter: it was over there? >> the foundation shifted all the way up the road. this is the driveway. >> reporter: you live right next to the train tracks. you said it sounded like a train? >> it sounded like a train. i'm just thankful to be alive and thankful for my kid and family and thankful for the ones that did make it and i'm sorry for the ones that didn't make it. again, that's where i was. >> reporter: i'm so sorry you're having to go through this.