Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20120314:10:39:00
Really sore. >> reporter: nelson spent 20 minutes buried alive. >> me and my brother were digging tunnels for a while, and we didn't know we were digging sand. we thought we were digging clay. >> reporter: soon after the tunnel collapsed, trapping nelson inside. >> after like a minute i passed out. but i was lucky there was a gap by me. yeah. it was really scary. >> reporter: that small gap in the sand gave him some oxygen while his 16-year-old brother tried to dig him out. unable to find him, he ran to his mother amy for help. >> i grabbed the shovels, jumped in the truck, and we flew down th...