A group of more than 20 students, as well as a U.S. Air Force senior airman, are being credited as heroes for rushing to the aid of a mother and her two young children after they got pinned under a car that ran them over. It all happened Tuesday in Layton, Utah, which is around 25 miles outside of Salt Lake City. The family, which included a school employee and her two children, had been leaving Layton Christian Academy. They were in the parking lot when the unexpected occurred. Surveillance cameras at the school caught video of the whole incident.Theophious Roach, a student, told KSTU he was coming out of the school and noticed “there was a lot of commotion going on.”“People were just telling me to help and I just dropped my stuff and ran over,” Roach said. Dominique Childress, a senior airman, also noticed the commotion. "I see kids just start trying to pick up a car and I was like, ‘OK, I guess I'm joining in. Let's pick up a car,'” Childress said. Then, Childress realized there were people stuck under the car. It turned out to be Bridgette Ponson and her 2-year-old son Archer. Her 3-year-old daughter Brightley had also been under the car but was able to crawl out on her own."I noticed legs come out and I was like oh my gosh there's an actual child under this car, so I was like, 'Hey guys switch it up, let's get the car high enough so we can get the kid out,'” Childress said. “Somebody came, pulled the kid out and mom was able to get out 15 seconds later.”Junior Saripsat is one of the students who helped lift the car. "The car was heavy, we did our best, and the moment I heard the kids crying I was like oh thank god the kids are good now,” Saripsat said. Childress is proud of the group that worked to save the family. "It's working together you preach it in every aspect of life whether it's military or I know they teach the same thing in high school work together and you're going to be able to get something done... we did,” he said. KSTU reports that investigators believe the sun may have played a role in the incident and that the driver of the vehicle is cooperating with police. The two kids were expected to get out of the hospital on Wednesday, but their mom needed to have surgery before she could come home from the hospital, according to Head of Schools Chris Crowder."The doctor said it was a miracle that they didn't have severe life-threatening injuries. The two-year-old actually had tire marks on his back and the doctors can't find anything wrong,” Crowder said.Crowder is proud of everyone who worked together to rescue the mom and two kids. "I'm very proud of our kids and I'm even proud of the driver who was behind the wheel, she immediately ran to help, she just was blinded,” Crowder said. See more in the video player above.