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
quick-thinking driver who saved them, as you can imagine, from very serious injury. good to see one with a happy ending. unbelievable. also this close call for some kids in washington state. they were playing in the mud in the town of medical lake when that when the lake started acting like quicksand. two of them, a boy and girl, became stuck. more now from colleen o brien from abc affiliate kxny. reporter: brothers caleb and andrew were out for an afternoon of adventuring with friends when they found this a mud pit so big no kid could resist. it looks fun. reporter: and it was. briefly. katie and carl were in like the middle where they started sinking. my shoe got stuck. reporter: that s when everything changed. andrew bravely pulled carl out of the mud. then i was trying to walk in there to get over to katie to try to pull her out. and i started sinking more. reporter: he was stuck. up to about right here. reporter: brother caleb sprung into action.