A 13-year-old boy died after being caught in waist-deep floodwaters, in a gully, while playing with friends outside an apartment complex, said Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company.

A flash flood hit a small Maryland community in a matter of minutes. In even less time, a 13-year-old boy was gone.Mason Paul Kearns was swept into a storm drain just 20 feet from his family’s front door on Thursday,

Mason's 15-year-old brother and his mother tried to pull the teen out of the water as he got stuck in the drain, just 20 feet away from the family apartment,