. >> reporter: this is 11-year-old eric henderson back home.his was eric henderson stuck in the mud. >> at one point you realize that you are stuck, what do you think at that point? >> i was being calm. >> reporter: he was with friends inhe woods when they ended up in a marshy area, and eric said one of the boys got stuck. >> i tried to help him out, until i got stuck. >> reporter: the other boy got free, but eric was not able to get out. some of the boys ran for help, a police officer helped out and department. some of them performed a technical rescue. >> i do feel thankful for the people who came to rescue me. >> at that moment when you finally got freed, what were you thinking then? >> i was thinking am i going to be in trouble? >> reporter: eric's mom did ground him for moving too far from home. and eric says he agrees he should be punished and from now on he will be staying close to home. in landover, darcy spencer, news 4. >>> now we know what caused this apartment fire in fairfax county, last night. firefighters say there was a mechanic

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. >> cold wet and halfway burried in mudd eric henderson told himself not to papic and says before this, his friends' feet got stuck here and he was trying to help. >> i finally got him out because i used my hands like a involve so i could be able to get him out so i tried to do the same to my legs but it didn't work. >> his friends ran through the woods to get help for him. a police officer responded first but had to call the fire department because eric was in so deep. a technical rescue team was called in. >> they got some shovels. >> they covered eric with a sheet for warmth and took about 30 minutes to dig him out. some neighbors saw the big response. >> i'm just so sad to learn that this happened. i'm glad they got him out. >> eric says he has learned something from what happened. >> i changed my mind about what i'm going make my own right decisions. >> he has this to say to his friends and firefighters. >> thank you for helping me get out. >> the only casualty today the clothes and shoes eric was wearing. his mom said she took one look at how dirty they were and they went right i

. >> reporter: this is 11-year-old eric henderson back at home. this was him stuck in the mud. >> at one point you realize you are stuck. what are you thinking at that point? >> i was being calm. >> reporter: he was with friends in the woods when they ended up in a marshy area. eric says one of the boys got stuck. >> i tried to help him get out. >> reporter: the other boy got free but eric was unable to get out. some boys ran for help. a police officer helped out and the prince george's county fire department. firefighters performed what they call a technical rescue. >> i do feel thankful for the people whoe >> reporter: at that moment when you get freed what were you thinking then? >> i was thinking am i going to be in trole. >> reporter: eric's mom did ground him for venturing too far from home. eric says he agrees he should be punished and from now on will be staying close to home. darcy spencer, news 4. >>> a republican candidate for virginia governor is giving away an ar 15 semi-automatic rifle for christmas knowing that it would probably att

eric henderson said it wasn't the mud that he was afraid of. >> i was really thinking am i going to be in trouble. >> did you learn a lesson in this? >> don't let people talk you into stuff, just do what you think will be good for yourself. >> did you hear him blaming his friend? eric's mom did end up grounding him for wandering too far away from home. so we can have a good laugh because they're grounded. lesson learned indeed. >> i know, but how scary for the parents. and there is always a reason doctor we swhy we say don't go there. >>> redskins are taking it one game at a time because there are just three games left. even one loss could wipe them off the playoff picture. you were explaining this to me. >> it came down to the final seconds against philadelphia. a nail biter. but the defense closed it out in the end thank goodness. kirk cousins he had you will face adversity in every game. >> the ability to keep battling was a good sign from our team and there is a lot of football left to be played now. >> craven and compton have mris scheduled for today. skins come back home next wee

. >> reporter: cold, wet and halfway buried in mud, eric henderson toll himself not to panic.his friend's feet got stuck here and he was trying to help. >> i finally got him out because i used my hands like a shovel so i could could be able to get him out. then i tried to do the same thing to my leg but it didn't work. >> reporter: he says his friends ran through the woods to get help for him. a police officer responded first. but had to fall the fire department because eric was in so deep. a technical rescue team was called in. >> they got some shovels. >> reporter: covered eric with a sheet for warmth and it cook about 30 minutes to dig him out. some neighbors saw the big response. >> i'm just so sad to learn that this happened. i'm glad that they got him out. >> reporter: eric says he has learned something from what happened. >> change my mind about what i'm going to be doing make my own decisions. >> reporter: he has this to say to his friends and firefighters. >> thank you for helping me get out. >> under stated but understandable. eric survive the incident clearly. very

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