Kids sucked down storm drain in Escatawpa

ESCATAWPA, Miss. (WALA) - Two teens are recovering after the ride of their lives though an underground storm drain in Escatawpa, Mississippi, on Timber Ridge Drive.

Chesney Cummins and Parker Isaacson have a story almost too incredible to believe.

"I really honestly thought I was going to die. I really thought I was going to die," said Isaacson.

The two were playing on a flooded street Thursday. They said there was about three feet of water over the road.

"My mom told us not to, but we went down to the end of the road where all the fast flowing water was," said Isaacson.

Chris Moyer was watching. He said what happened next was unbelievable.

"Just straight up sucked them in," said Moyer.

Cummins was pulled into the storm drain by the rushing water.

"I screamed for help one time but then I was like, ‘They are not going to hear me,’" said Cummins.

Isaacson did.

He grabbed Cummins leg, but the water was too strong. Both were dragged underground into the drain.

Isaacson said there was only a few inches of air.

"I have bumps all over my head. I hit my forehead on the ceiling, and so I have a cut on my nose trying to gasp for air," said Isaacson.

The two fought for their lives as the water pushed them farther down the road. At one point, they said the water completely filled the underground pipe.

"There was no way of breathing so I gave up and let go. I stopped fighting,” said Cummins.

Then they saw a sign of hope.

"When I seen murky water, I pushed myself up and started swimming," said Cummins.

That murky water was in a ditch more than 200 yards down the road in Glenn Moyer’s yard.

"All the sudden, I heard a bunch of screaming and hollering. And, I came up and the boy was crawling out of the ditch. Then all the sudden, I was helping him get the ants off, and she come up out the water,” said Moyer.

Cummins said it was relief, but is still amazed she is alive.

"That’s the closest to death any teenager probably could be to be stuck underground,” said Cummins.

After the wild ride, some bruises and stitches; the two are survivors. And they have matching scars over their noses to prove it.

The teens’ parents have been pushing the county to put up a covering on the storm drain.