"'We ran up there. The cops were telling us to stay away but we wanted to see if we could help anyone,' said Borders. 'We're not going to wait. You know how long cops and ambulances take. If we could save someone, that's what we were trying to do.'
"They found family members underneath pieces of their destroyed home.
"Borders said they found the mother, who was saying, 'Where's my kids? Where's my kids?'
"'She was completely covered, we were throwing the wood and bricks off of her, but we couldn't get to the bottom of her,' Borders said. 'We found one of the kids but we couldn't get to him ... I wish I could've done more.'
"Borders said then the police told them to get away from the scene."
"Pottstown home explodes, leaving 5 dead. Neighbors say the area smelled of gas", Emily Rizzo, WHYY, 2022-05-27