feeling. i'm kind of numb. i am thankful. grateful. i had a little boy with me and wanted me to promise that we weren't going to die. >> reporter: at any point during it, janice, did you think, you might not survive it? >> yeah. it crossed my mind. because they were asking me if we were going to survive. and i had to think about that. it was -- it was so loud and took so long. all this grit and grime was in our clocking. when i got home and pulled off my t-shirt, it was all fell out. it was imbedded in our scalps. that was the roof. >> reporter: did some of this stuff crash down, obviously, on you? >> this board right here. this is what protected us. >> reporter: is this, then a pile of rubble what was your classroom? >> right there was my bulletin