Two little boys, ages 9 and 7, were reportedly rescued after spending hours buried under a pile of snow in New York following a snow plow accident just before Thanksgiving, avoiding to CNN.

The boys - cousins Jason "J.J." Rivera and Elijah "Papito" Martinez - reportedly spent Thanksgiving recovering at a Westchester Medical Center, according to CBS Local.

The cousins were reportedly building a fort on Wednesday evening when a snow plow came through a parking lot near their homes in Newburgh, causing them to be trapped underneath the snow for several hours, according to police.

"The [plow] operator would have had no knowledge that the boys were on the other side of the bank," Newburgh police said in a statement.

Both families of the boys as well as the plow operator were reportedly unaware of the accident involving the boys and didn't report them missing for several hours. When the children didn't return home at 10 p.m., the two families reportedly became concerned and started searching the neighborhood.

The police were called nearly two hours later and nine police officers and a police dog reportedly searched the area into the early hours of Thanksgiving.

"Officers, family members, community members, and mobile ambulance personnel assisted in digging out the boys with shovels and with their hands," police stated.

The two boys were saved from the snow plow accident at 2:10 a.m. reportedly unable to move their arms and legs.

"They were probably in about five feet of snow. But however it fell, there was, like, a dome around their heads, so there was air in there, like space for them," stated Newburgh police Sgt. Aaron Weaver.

Both boys were reportedly conscious and alert and taken to the hospital for observation. Family members reportedly stated that they were both in good condition.

"Fortunately, they were alive and well," Officer Brandon Rola told CNN affiliate WCBS.