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The 20-year-old man’s body was recovered Monday, and the accident was the latest tragedy at Turnagain Arm, a 48-mile-long glacier-carved estuary that travels southeast from Anchorage, Alaska.

Zachary Porter, 20, from Illinois, was walking with friends across Turnagain Arm estuary's mud flats in Alaska when he became stuck in quicksand-like silt and could not be saved before the tide came in.

“…It’s Mother Nature, and she has no mercy for humanity.”

Zachary Porter, 20, of Lake Bluff, Illinois, was submerged Sunday evening as the tide came in, and his body was recovered Monday morning, Alaska State Troopers spokesperson Austin McDaniel told The Associated Press. A member of Porter’s group called 911 when they couldn’t get him out, but it was too late, authorities said.

Zachary Porter, 20, of Lake Bluff, Illinois, was submerged Sunday evening as the tide came in, and his body was recovered Monday morning

Histories of Anchorage: The mudflats have inspired some of the most enduring and gruesome Anchorage urban legends. The reality is even more haunting.