VIDEO: It's been seven years since a 14-year-old had to be rescued by Waco Fire Department from the flooded waters of Harris Creek off U.S. Highway 84.
Dylan Ostlund was playing near the creek with his friends in March of 2016, when he suddenly slipped and was stuck in a culvert.
"Once I was stuck, I just screamed for help and my friends came and saw that I was stranded in there and helped me out a little bit," the now 21-year-old Baylor student recalled, "They just held my head up above the water, but yeah there was definitely just a moment of panic and I was scared. I thought I was gonna die for sure.”
Ostlund was submerged up to his nose in the creek and that was even with people holding him up.
Scott Salmans, who lives very close to the creek, was at the scary scene in a matter of seconds after hearing Dylan and his friends screaming for help.