A 14-year-old says she's lucky to be alive after a wild-ride in a storm drain.

A teenager found herself trapped in the city's underground sewer system. She was literally sucked into a storm drain in her East Tulsa neighborhood. She went under and was pulled under the street for 6-blocks. She eventually landed in Mingo Creek and got herself to safety.

NewsChannel 8 talked with Tiffany Green, who says she survived and doesn't want this to happen to other kids.

Wednesday was Green's 14th birthday, and it could have very easily been her last.

"I was crying. I just wanted to make it out. I said, 'please God let me live'."

A water main break in Green's neighborhood caused some minor flooding and offered an excuse to splash around.

"Me and my friend walked into it. I didn't know how deep it was.. that there were any holes or anything."

The small whirlpool, deceiving. Under the waist deep water was a two-foot wide drain turned suction hose.

"My foot got caught and I went down on my knees, knee bent and I went back head first. I went in."

It happened so fast.

"All I heard her say was Kris! And that's it." Friend Krista, barely heard the cry for help.

Katrina Arnold, Tiffany's mom, says, "I refused to accept the fact that she was gone. You know? I was yelling at the water, 'Give me my daughter back!' ."

A chaotic search began above ground as Tiffany struggled below. "I was scared. It was pitch black".

At first, she couldn't breath. But the water level soon dropped off.

Tiffany made her way through six city blocks before walking out of drain in Mingo Creek. To the relief of rescuers.. and her mother.

Arnold says, "I don't know what i'd do if she wasn't standing here today." Fortunately, she didn't have to find out. "I'm alive,"

Tiffany says, "I made it."

She quite literally followed a light to find her way out. She is bruised and scraped up, but otherwise ok.

Tiffany is very concerned about that drain in her neighborhood.

We do know, the city has plans to weld a pipe across it to prevent this from happening again. The Fire Department warns of stepping into rushing water for this very reason.

As for other drains around Tulsa, be careful, because many are not covered with grates. We're told the grates could cause debris to block the drainage system and possibly lead to flooding.