Transcript for 2 Kids Buried in 20-Foot Construction Pit, Crews Search

Emergency crews North Carolina were called to a residential construction site Sunday evening by -- desperate 911 call. A father told -- his two young children were trapped twenty feet down a hole and buried in the dirt. Several fire departments responded with shovels climbing gear and -- back -- Working into the night. They were -- based not opera house or building or something -- And it just Alan and I cannot go home helicopters in flight 500 Patrick's every -- At the start of -- they -- amount. Sadly the crews were unable to reach the children -- time and the mission to save the six year old girl and seven year old boy turned from rescue to recovery.

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