The three kids who miraculously survived a car crash into an icy river in Utah were reunited with the good samaritans who jumped into the freezing water to save them.

Roger Anderson, his two kids Mia, 9, and Baylor, 4, and their family friend Kenya Wildman, 9, were rescued by brave bystanders when their car became submerged in gushing, icy water. On the Jan. 10 episode of The Ellen Degeneres Show, they finally were brought face-to-face with the heroes who saved their lives. “I think we’re surrounded all the time by heroes-in-waiting,” Roger told Ellen.

The reunion was very emotional, and several audience members were crying as the kids hugged their rescuers.

The three young children remember hitting the water, but two became unconscious after. Several heroic people witnessed the crash and immediately jumped into the water to save the family. Roger desperately tried to save the kids, but he needed help.

Chris Willden, a former police officer, shot out the windows, while another man, Ben helped flip the car over. “It was so desperate, I figured we’ve got to try this,” he explained.

Another woman, a respiratory therapist, gave the kids mouth-to-mouth once they were brought from the water. First she made sure Baylor came to, then little Mia, but when she looked for Kenya, she couldn’t find the girl at first. “I kept screaming, ‘Where’s my third kid?’” she explained.

“It’s an honor to meet all of you,” Ellen told the group. She then gave the group a trip to Disneyland the next day and each of the kids received $10,000 toward college from Sara Lee. Plus, they all received the gifts from the 12 Days of Giveaways!

Three kids miraculously survive thanks to a brave man — he jumped into an icy river to save them!

Roger Anderson was driving along an icy, curvy road near Logan Canyon in Utah with his wife Mindy and three kids — Mia, 9, Baylor, 4, and family friend Kenya Wildman, 9 — when he lost control of the car! It slid down a 10-foot embankment into an icy river and became submerged in the gushing water, according to Good Morning America.

“Within 30 seconds, I would say, of the car going into the river and flipping over, I was able to get freed from the car and try to get the child loose in the front seat with me freed,” Roger said. Disoriented from the crash, he couldn’t find the children in the car.

He went up for air and found eight good samaritans coming to his rescue. Chris Willden, a stranger to the family and a former police officer, saw the accident happen and took action.

“I heard… screaming something about ‘my kids, my kids’ and that’s when I realized there were people still trapped inside the vehicle,” Chris explained. “I jumped out of the car, ran around, jumped into the river next to the children’s father.” He shot out one of the window’s with his handgun.

“Once I reached up inside the vehicle and couldn’t feel any arms or legs or clothing to grab onto, I remember telling myself ‘Get ready to see something you don’t want to see,’” he said.

By then he and Roger were joined by the other bystanders. They group of a dozen flipped the car upright in the frigid water. Four minutes later, all three kids were safe and on dry land.

The kids were all treated for hypothermia and released.

“We really owe our children’s lives and the life of our neighbor friend Kenya to those great people,” Roger gushed.

What an AMAZING story! What would you have done?